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Luz  Star-Eye's 

Dream- 

Journey 


to  the  Isles  of  the 
Southern  Sea 


A  Story  for  Children 
by  YLVA 

Illustrations  by  the  Author 


THE    ARYAN    THEOSOPHICAL    PRESS 
POINT    LOMA,     CALIFORNIA 


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LUZ    STAR-EYE'S    DREAM-JOURNEY 

TO  THE  ISLES  OF  THE  SOUTHERN  SEA 


Luz  Star-Gye's 
Dream  -Journey 

to  the  Isles  of  the 
Southern  Sea 


H  Story  for  Children 

by 
Illustrations  by  the  Hutbor 


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Hryan  Chcosophical  press 
point  koma,  California 


Copyright  1912,  by  Katherine  Tingley 


THE  ARYAN  THEOSOPHICAL  PRESS 
Point  Loma,  California 


LUZ  STAR-EYE'S  DREAM -JOURNEY 

TO  THE  ISLES  OF  THE  SOUTHERN  SEA 


Luz  Star-Eye's  Dream- Journey 

to  the 

Isles  of  the  Southern  Sea 


HE  Raja  Yoga  Academy  rose  like 
a  beautiful  fairy  castle,  or  a  jew 
eled  crown,  on  the  heights  of 
Lomaland  by  the  peaceful  west 
ern  sea.  It  was  the  home  and 
school  of  the  Raja  Yoga  Children,  who  were 
now  playing  on  the  sea-shore.  They  were 
the  children  who  were  learning  to  live  "  for 
the  Benefit  of  the  People  of  the  Earth  and 
all  Creatures." 

No  wonder  that  the  nymphs  of  sea  and 
land  shyly  ventured  back  from  their  hiding 
places;  that  the  little  fairies  of  trees  and 
flowers  felt  a  new  joy  in  living;  and  that 
the  tiny  elves  and  brownies  peeped  out  from 


*  v,  "" 


2  LUZ  STAR-EYE'S  DREAM-JOURNEY 

everywhere,  wondering  if  those  human  child 
ren  had  anything  for  them  to  do. 

The  lady  Rosalinda,  one  of  the  children's 
dearest  teachers,  sat  on  the  sand  looking 
out  over  the  endless  ocean,  and  at  the  child 
ren  playing  on  the  shore.  The  words  of  the 
great  world-teacher  and  foundress  of  this 
school  rang  clear  in  her  mind  :  "  Here  in 
this  school  the  child  will  have  been  taught 
the  divinity  of  its  own  soul.  The  child  will 
be  imbued  with  the  strength  of  its  higher 
nature."  And:  "  Let  the  lives  of  the  little 
ones  be  molded  so  that  they  will  be  better 
citizens  than  you  or  I.  Let  us  cultivate  a 
higher  spirit  of  patriotism,  a  higher  spirit 
uality,  and  a  greater  spirit  of  brotherly  love." 

As  she  sat  thinking  these  solemn  thoughts, 
a  pair  of  little  arms  were  thrown  about  her 
neck  and  a  sweet  voice  said  :  "  I  love  you 
so  much!  I  am  going  to  be  like  you  when 
I  grow  up." 

"Ah!     You  surprised  me,  Luz,"  said  the 


LUZ  STAR-EYE'S  DREAM-JOURNEY  3 

lady  Rosalinda  with  a  kiss  on  the  little  girl's 
cheek. 

"  I  am  going  to  be  a  Raja  Yoga  Teacher," 
declared  Luz  earnestly. 

"  That  is  a  happy  choice/'  said  Rosalinda, 
"  but  you  will  find  many  difficulties  and  ob 
stacles  in  the  way  of  becoming  one,  my  child ; 
and  you  will  need  a  great  deal  of  courage 
and  perseverance." 

"  Oh,  but  I  shall  study  so  hard  in  school, 
you  shall  see,"  said  Luz. 

"  Good,  you  will  need  all  the  knowledge 
you  can  obtain.  Still,  if  you  had  all  the 
knowledge  of  all  the  schools  of  learning  in 
the  world,  and  knew  every  book  in  the  world 
by  heart,  that  alone  would  not  make  you 
a  Raja  Yoga  teacher." 

"  I  know,"  said  Luz,  "  I  must  be  good  and 
obedient  also." 

"  Yes.  Still,  not  even  that  added  would 
make  you  a  real  Raja  Yoga  teacher.  You 
see,  little  comrade,"  said  the  lady  Rosalinda 


4  LUZ  STAR-BYE'S  DREAM-JOURNEY 

with  a  kind  smile  in  her  deep  eyes,  "  you 
would  not  only  teach  the  children  in  your 
care  out  of  books,  but  also  how  to  be  happy 
and  noble  characters,  and  call  forth  in  them 
the  strength  of  their  divine  souls ;  you  must 
be  yourself  what  you  are  teaching  your  pu 
pils,  and  you  must  be  wise  in  the  things 
which  are  deeper  than  book-learning." 

Luz  listened  to  every  word  with  big  earn 
est  eyes.  "  I  am  going  to  try,"  she  said. 

"  Your  thoughts  must  be  pure  and  clean," 
continued  Rosalinda,  "  and  you  must  be  able 
to  control  your  own  mind,  not  letting  all 
kinds  of  useless  and  unworthy  thoughts  flit 
in  and  out  as  they  please  —  you  must  live 
as  befits  a  Soul  inhabiting  a  body." 

"  Tell  me  what  that  means,  please,"  said 
Luz. 

"  I  have  already  said  many  things  which 
you  will  better  understand  later,  my  dear 
little  aspirant;  but  if  you  will  remember 
your  question,  I  shall  tell  you  what  you  wish 


LUZ  STAR-EYE'S  DREAM-JOURNEY  5 

to  know  tomorrow.  Go  and  play  with  the 
rest,  LUZ!  You  can  practise  for  a  Raja 
Yoga  teacher,  by  being  kind  and  helpful  to 
your  comrades." 

LUZ  would  have  begged  to  stay  longer; 
but  now  one  after  another  of  the  boys  and 
girls  came  with  shells  and  mosses  and  curi 
ous  pebbles  to  show,  wanting  to  know  their 
names,  and  how  they  grew,  and  wfiat  they 
grew  for. 

"  I  wish  they  would  keep  away,"  thought 
LUZ.  "  I  wanted  her  to  speak  to  me  longer." 
She  walked  away  and  sat  down  by  herself 
in  the  shade  of  a  rock,  to  brood  over  her 
disappointment;  but  she  was  hardly  in  a 
comfortable  position  before  Nancy  and  Car- 
lota  came  and  sat  down  beside  her. 

"Who  is  the  Cave-Man?  LUZ,"  asked 
Carlota,  who  had  come  to  the  school  two 
days  ago. 

"Ask  Nancy  to  tell  you,"  said  Luz,  with 
a  sullen  wish  not  to  be  bothered. 


6  LUZ  STAR-EYE'S  DREAM-JOURNEY 

"  The  Cave-Man  is  a  good  elf  or  brownie, 
or  something  of  that  sort/'  said  Nancy 
kindly,  "  and  he  lives  in  the  Point  Loma 
caves  here  by  the  ocean.  He  has  a  harp  on 
which  he  plays  beautiful  music,  and  a  ship 
named  Lucifer  anchored  in  a  little  harbor." 

"What  kind  of  a  ship  is  that?"  asked 
Carlota. 

"  It  is  a  fairy-ship  in  which  we  send  our 
good  thoughts  out  to  all  the  countries  in  the 
world." 

"Will  thoughts  make  any  difference?" 
wondered  Carlota. 

"  Of  course  they  will,"  answered  Nancy. 
"  They  make  us  what  we  are,  Rosalinda  says, 
and  she  knows.  Come,  let  us  look  for  pink 
shells,"  and  off  they  ran  to  the  water's  edge. 

Luz  felt  troubled  in  her  mind,  and  tried 
to  throw  off  her  sullen  mood.  Soon  it  melted 
away,  and  they  all  walked  home  up  over  the 
hills. 

A  little  later  she  sat  reading  a  story-book 


LUZ  STAR-EYE'S  DREAM-JOURNEY  7 

under  her  dear  little  Eucalyptus  tree,  which 
she  had  loved  and  cared  for  ever  since  it  was 
planted.  She  had  named  it  Vestra.  This 
year  the  tree  had  been  busy  preparing  its 
first  flowers,  and  Luz  wondered  very  much 
what  kind  they  were  going  to  be.  Many 
times  she  had  stood  with  her  fingers  ready 
to  pinch  one  of  the  thousand  little  buds  open, 
to  see  what  it  looked  like  inside;  but  some 
thing  whispered  to  her  not  to  do  it,  and  she 
did  not.  Now,  as  she  sat  there  reading,  she 
heard  the  humming  of  bees  in  the  tree.  It 
told  her  that  some  flowers  were  open.  Soon 
she  stood  with  the  very  first  one  in  her  hand. 

"  Oh,  welcome,  welcome  dear  blossom !  " 
she  said.  "  I  am  going  with  some  of  the 
grown-ups  for  a  journey  tomorrow,  and  shall 
take  you  with  me  as  a  keepsake  from  my 
tree.  How  light  and  beautiful  you  are!  I 
wish  that  I  were  you  and  you  were  I !  " 

'  Very  well !  "  said  a  little  voice  beside 
her.  "  I  am  glad  you  spoke ;  I  have  long 
wished  to  know  how  it  is  to  be  a  human." 


LUZ  STAR-EYE'S  DREAM-JOURNEY 


Luz  looked  about  in  surprise;  and  there! 
—  a  little  Fairy  stood  before  her  very  eyes, 
dressed  from  head  to  foot  in  silvery  green, 
with  a  wreath  of  eucalyptus  on  her  hair. 

"  Now  you  hold  in  your  hand  the  first 
blossom  of  this  magic  tree/'  she  said,  "  and 
the  first  wish  you  utter  will  be  granted.  I 
am  the  Fairy  living  in  this  tree;  and,  as  I 
said  before,  I  would  like  to  try  life  as  a 


LUZ  STAR-BYE'S  DREAM-JOURNEY  9 

Human.    It  must  be  very  great  and  interest- 
ing." 

"  Is  this  really  possible  ?  "  asked  Luz,  as 
soon  as  she  had  recovered  from  her  astonish 
ment. 

"  Nothing  is  simpler,"  said  the  fairy. 
"  We  have  only  to  change  bodies." 

"  But  shall  I  then  be  you  or  I?  "  said  Luz, 
with  a  puzzled  look. 

"  What  a  strange  idea !  "  said  the  fairy 
to  herself.  "Who  could  I  be  but  myself, 
even  if  I  put  on  some  one  else's  body !  — 
What  variety  of  Human  are  you  ? "  she 
asked. 

"A  girl,"  answered  Luz  with  a  smile  at 
her  ignorance;  which  she  regretted,  when 
she  thought  of  her  own  ignorance  about  the 
fairy. 

"'  What  is  your  name,  if  you  have  any?  " 
asked  the  fairy. 

"  My  name  is  Luz.  Do  you  have  a 
name?" 


10  LUZ  STAR-BYE'S  DREAM-JOURNEY 

"  Yes,    of   course,    my   name   is    Vestra. 

Now,  we  had  better  make  all  the  agreements 

before  we  change.    Have  you  ever  used  my 

kind  of  a  body?  " 

"Never!"  said  Luz.     "Is  it  difficult?" 
"  Nothing  is  easier.    Is  it  hard  to  manage 

the  mankind  ones  ?  " 

"  Oh  no,  it  is  soon  learned.  Besides,  if 
you  want  to  go  far  you  can  ride.  I  will 
give  you  all  the  instructions  necessary." 

They  agreed  to  travel  together  so  as  to 
help  each  other  in  case  of  need;  and,  after 
some  smaller  points  had  been  settled,  they 
thought  themselves  ready  to  change.  Luz 
instructed  the  interested  little  fairy  about  the 
things  she  had  packed  to  take  on  her  journey, 
and  at  last  Luz  asked: 

"  Now,  how  shall  I  travel ;  and  what  do 
I  need  for  the  journey?  " 

"  You  need  nothing,"  said  the  fairy. 
"  Whatever  you  need  you  will  find  where 
you  go." 


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"But  how  do  I  move  from  place  to  place?" 

"  Nothing  is  easier ;  you  just  wish  yourself 
where  you  want  to  go  and  then  float  there, 
as  fast  or  as  slow  as  you  desire." 

"  What  a  delightful  existence  that  must 
be !  "  thought  Luz,  eager  to  make  the  change ; 
and  the  fairy  seemed  just  as  eager  to  try  the 
human  life.  When  they  again  stood  under 
the  magic  tree,  in  which  the  fairy  had  care 
fully  hidden  the  wishing-flower,  they  could 
change  back,  but  not  before.  And  they 
sealed  their  compact  with  the  eucalyptus 
seal. 


II 


It  was  done.  Vestra  awoke  from  a  deep 
sleep  and  looked  about  her  in  wonder.  She 
felt  so  strange  and  heavy,  and  so  very  big! 
Then  she  remembered  all  —  yes,  she  was  in 
Human-land.  She  looked  everywhere  for 


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Luz,  but  did  not  see  her.  Some  people  came 
to  take  her  on  the  journey;  they  all  called 
her  Luz.  It  was  very  hard  to  move  at  first. 
She  had  to  move  step  by  step,  and  could  not 
get  off  the  ground. 

"  Everything  moves  on  the  ground,  except 
birds,"  she  said  to  herself.  "  I  never  thought 
that  Human-land  was  like  this/' 

Luz  opened  her  eyes  and  looked  about  her 
as  if  she  had  just  awakened  from  a  dream. 
She  was  sitting  beside  the  Eucalyptus,  her 
dear  tree.  But  how  was  this,  that  all  of  a 
sudden  it  had  grown  so  big  ?  She  could  not 
reach  around  its  trunk,  even  with  both  her 
arms.  Was  it  not  but  a  little  while  ago 
that  she  easily  embraced  the  trunk  with  one 
arm?  Was  she  still  dreaming?  Yes,  that 
must  be  it.  Then  she  discovered  that  her 
dress  was  not  the  same.  Ah !  It  was  the 
silvery  green  of  the  Fairy,  Vestra !  She  re 
membered  all  now:  the  wishing-flower,  the 
agreement. 


LUZ  STAR-EYE'S  DREAM-JOURNEY  13 

Was  it  possible  that  she  was  now  a  Fairy  ? 
She  looked  at  herself,  at  her  tiny  hands  and 
feet ;  and  measured  her  height  by  the  well- 
known  little  daisy-bush  which  she  had  plant 
ed  last  year  beside  the  tree.  It  spread  above 
her  like  a  tree  now. 

"  Yes,"  she  said,  "  I  am  truly  a  fairy ! 
But  I  feel  like  myself  just  the  same;  I  am 
still  Luz.  It  is  very  strange.  I  wonder  how 
the  fairy  feels  to  be  I  ?  I  must  go  and  search 
for  her  at  once. 

"  What  a  puzzle !  "  she  continued,  mus 
ing.  "  I  am  myself,  that  I  feel  sure  of;  but 
I  can  see  that  I  am  the  fairy.  She  is  I,  and 
perhaps  also  herself  —  I  cannot  understand 
—  I  must  ask  Rosalinda." 

Luz  tripped  off  on  her  dainty  little  feet 
toward  the  building.  She  felt  so  wonder 
fully  light ;  then  she  remembered  what  Ves- 
tra  had  said  about  the  manner  of  moving 
from  place  to  place,  and  thought  she  would 
try.  A  group  of  little  girls  were  going  out 


LUZ  STAR-EYE'S  DREAM-JOURNEY  15 

to  pick  wild  flowers  on  the  hills.  She  wished 
to  go  to  them,  and  —  wonder  and  joy !  — 
floated  off  in  their  direction.  "  How  sur 
prised  they  will  be  to  see  a  fairy/'  she 
thought,  "  and  still  more  when  they  find  that 
it  is  their  comrade  Luz.  What  fun  it  will 
be!"  Nearer  and  nearer  she  floated. 

"  I  wonder  what  kind  those  bright  flowers 
are  ?  "  she  thought,  and  immediately  floated 
towards  them.  As  soon  as  she  was  near 
enough  to  see  that  they  were  California 
Poppies,  she  again  remembered  the  girls, 
and  started  in  their  direction.  Alas,  before 
she  knew  it  she  was  going  somewhere  else; 
now  after  a  meadow-lark  whose  nest  she 
wished  to  see;  now  after  a  rabbit  jumping 
over  the  hills  —  she  wished  to  compare  her 
speed  with  his;  now  a  scarlet  flower  glow 
ing  in  the  distance  attracted  her  attention, 
and  she  floated  towards  it ;  now  to  the  girls 
again;  at  last  she  was  actually  spinning 
around  in  the  air,  back  and  forth,  and  did 
not  know  what  to  do.  She  saw  the  breakers 


16  LUZ  STAR-EYE'S  DREAM-JOURNEY 

roll  white  and  peaceful  towards  the  dear  old 
shore,  and  the  sunbeams  glitter  on  the  water ; 
and  presently  found  herself  sitting  on  the 
sand  with  her  hands  before  her  face,  trying 
to  think. 


"  Who  are  you,  little  fairy  ?  "  asked  a  kind 
voice  beside  her. 

"  I  am  not  a  fairy,  I  am  Luz,  a  little  girl," 
she  answered ;  and,  looking  up,  met  the  wise, 
good  eyes  of  the  Point  Loma  Cave-Man. 

"  Oh,  I  am  so  glad  to  see  you !  "  she  cried, 
and  told  him  all  that  had  happened,  and 
asked  his  advice.  She  told  him  also  of  the 


LUZ  STAR-EYE'S  DREAM-JOURNEY  17 

puzzle  in  her  mind:    who  was  she  really? 

"  Please  tell  me/'  she  pleaded,  "  am  I  the 
Fairy,  Vestra,  or  am  I  still  myself,  Luz  ?  " 

"  My  poor  little  girl,"  said  the  Cave-Man, 
"  you  are  tired  from  these  new  experiences. 
Rest  while  I  play  to  you  the  '  Sea-Nymph's 
Spring  Song.'  After  that  we  shall  talk." 

Luz  loved  music,  and  listened  enraptured ; 
she  thought  it  the  most  beautiful  she  had 
ever  heard.  The  Cave-Man  presently  laid 
his  harp  down  on  the  sand,  and  looked  at  her. 

"Can  you  play?"  he  asked. 

"  Yes,"  said  Luz,  "  I  play  every  day  in 
the  school." 

"  Can  you  play  one  of  your  songs  to  me 
now?" 

"  Of  course,  if  I  had  an  instrument  —  oh, 
I  forgot  "  —  and  she  looked  down  at  her 
tiny  fingers,  and  then  at  the  Cave-Man,  with 
a  puzzled  expression. 

"  Do  you  not  know  what  you  are,  little 


18  LUZ  STAR-EYE'S  DREAM-JOURNEY 

girl  ?  "  said  the  Cave-Man.  "  You  are  a 
Soul.  You,  the  Soul,  know  everything  —  the 
music,  the  lessons;  and  it  is  you,  the  Soul, 
that  thinks.  You  have  a  body  to  use  as  a 
kind  of  house,  or  clothing,  or  instrument 
with  which  to  work/' 

"  Oh,  I  know  now/'  said  Luz.  "  Rosa 
linda  and  others  in  the  School  have  said  so. 
But  I  forgot,  I  did  not  understand." 

"  If  some  day  you  should  change  cloth 
ing  with  one  of  your  schoolmates,  would 
you,  because  of  that,  become  her  ?  " 

The  little  girl-fairy  laughed,  the  first  time 
since  the  change;  she  thought  of  when  she 
and  her  friend  Maria  did  this  very  thing,  to 
play  a  joke  on  some  of  the  others. 

"  You  and  Fairy  Vestra  changed  bodies 
—  soul-houses  —  but  you  are  just  the  same, 
Luz;  is  that  not  so?"  said  the  Cave-Man. 

The  little  fairy  head  nodded.  "  '  The  eyes 
are  the  windows  of  the  Soul.'  I  understand 
it  now.  Here  am  I  looking  out  through  two 


LUZ  STAR-EYE'S  DREAM-JOURNEY  19 

very  small  windows ;  those  in  my  other  house 
were  larger ;  but  I,  the  one  looking  out,  am 
the  same ;  how  very  strange  —  no,  natural. 
I  wonder  how  it  was  that  I  did  not  under 
stand  it  before.  And  Fairy  Vestra  is  now 
looking  out  through  my  windows.  Oh,  I 
forgot !  "  she  cried  suddenly,  "  we  agreed 
to  travel  together  in  case  we  needed  each 
other's  help.  Oh,  how  can  I  get  to  her  ?  " 
The  tears  rose  in  the  little  fairy-eyes,  and 
she  looked  up  at  the  Cave-Man  imploringly. 

He  stroked  her  hair,  and  said:  "That 
must  be  easy  for  you  now  —  with  your  light 
fairy-body." 

"  Oh,  no,"  she  sighed,  and  told  the  Cave- 
Man  all  that  had  happened  to  her  when  she 
wished  to  go  to  her  girl-comrades. 

"  You  have  too  many  wishes  at  the  same 
time,  my  child,"  he  said,  "  that  is  why  you 
get  nowhere.  —  Fairy  Silence !  "  he  called. 
"  Come  and  teach  this  child  to  think  of  fewer 
things  and  better  ones." 


I 

20  LUZ  STAR-EYE'S  DREAM-JOURNEY 

Instantly  a  little  fairy  appeared,  the  most 
beautiful  that  one  could  imagine.  She  was 
dressed  in  soft  shimmering  white.  Nothing 
that  Luz  had  ever  seen  could  be  compared 
to  her.  Luz  thought  of  a  pure,  fragrant, 
white  rose;  and  her  eyes  reminded  her  of 
the  first  star  in  the  sky,  while  it  is  still  twi 
light,  and  the  noises  of  the  day  are  hushing. 

The  Fairy  signed  for  Luz  to  come,  and 
she  followed  her  inside  the  cave.  Two  little 
earth-men  with  round  brown  faces  stood  on 
either  side  of  a  door  in  the  rock-wall.  Fairy 
Silence  gave  them  a  sign,  and  they  opened 
the  door  to  a  room  which  Luz  had  never 
dreamt  existed.  When  they  were  in,  Fairy 
Silence  held  her  by  the  hand  and  looked  into 
her  eyes  for  a  moment.  Then  she  left  her 
alone. 

Luz  stood  there  and  looked  around.  She 
did  not  feel  afraid,  trusting  in  the  Cave-Man 
and  Fairy  Silence. 

There  was  nothing  in  the  room  except  a 


LUZ  STAR-EYE'S  DREAM-JOURNEY  21 

great  chair,  which  stood  in  the  middle  of 
one  side  against  the  wall.  She  could  not 
imagine  what  the  chair  and  the  walls  in  the 
room  could  be  made  from;  but  they  were 
just  like  the  silvery  waves  of  the  ocean  when 
the  moon  shines  on  them.  Opposite  the  door 
through  which  she  had  entered,  she  saw  an 
other  door ;  and  once  she  thought  she  saw  a 
gleam  of  sunlight  through  the  keyhole. 

After  a  while  all  her  attention  was  drawn 
to  the  great  chair.  "  For  whom  was  it  put 
there  ?  "  she  wondered.  She  could  not  think 
of  sitting  in  it  herself,  although  there  was 
no  other.  All  at  once  she  thought  that  some 
one,  whom  she  could  not  see,  even  with  her 
fairy  eyes,  was  now  sitting  in  that  chair, 
looking  at  all  her  thoughts.  She  felt  so 
ashamed.  How  small  and  foolish  they 
seemed  to  her,  and  how  selfish;  they  whirled 
round  in  her  mind  without  any  purpose  what 
ever.  A  room  full  of  trash  was  her  mind, 
she  thought;  nothing  else. 

She  wanted  to  get  away,  she  did  not  think 


22  LUZ  STAR-EYE'S  DREAM-JOURNEY 

of  how  or  why;  she  wanted  something  to 
do ;  some  one  to  talk  to,  or  talk  to  her ;  some 
thing  to  happen ;  anything  to  take  away  her 
own  thoughts.  But  nothing  happened,  and 
she  was  alone.  The  great  chair  stood  there 
as  before,  and  her  worthless  thoughts  looked 
as  bare  as  if  they  had  been  her  clothes  and 
playthings  scattered  on  this  pure  shining 
floor. 

She  put  her  hands  before  her  face  trying 
to  hide  the  thoughts;  but  it  seemed  to  her 
that  they  shone  through  everything,  and  that 
the  one  in  the  chair  whom  she  could  not  see, 
saw  every  one  of  them. 

She  thought  of  her  disorderly  bureau 
drawer,  and  how  irritated  and  ashamed  she 
felt  at  the  time  when  Rosalinda  came  into 
her  room  and  laid  all  the  disorder  bare.  She 
had  felt  almost  as  now.  Yes,  but  she  had 
felt  very  happy  afterwards,  when  all  was 
cleaned  out;  and  she  had  resolved  to  keep 
order  ever  after. 

"  I  have  kept  my  promise  —  pretty  well/' 


LUZ  STAR-BYE'S  DREAM  JOURNEY  23 

she  thought,  and  felt  glad  that  the  one  in  the 
chair  could  see  that  too  —  but  then  she  felt 
ashamed  of  thinking  so.  Again  she  pictured 
in  her  mind  the  drawer  full  of  trash.  She 
did  not  want  to  think  of  that,  but  could  think 
of  nothing  else.  Ah !  A  new  thought  came 
to  her:  The  one  whom  she  could  not  see, 
and  who  read  her  thoughts,  was  a  teacher 
who  was  now  laying  bare  the  disorder  in 
her  inner  room  —  the  room  of  her  mind. 

She  had  imagined  she  understood,  when 
her  teachers  spoke  of  pure  thoughts;  but 
now  for  the  first  time  she  realized  their  im 
portance.  Was  there  a  way  to  clean  this 
inner  room?  "Certainly,  I  do  not  want  to 
have  it  this  way.  Only  I  never  knew/'  she 
said. 

She  began  to  feel  happy  and  grateful,  and 
as  she  did  so  it  seemed  to  her  as  if  a  voice 
from  the  great  chair  was  speaking  to  her. 
She  forgot  to  feel  ashamed  and  afraid.  She 
sat  still  and  listened  with  growing  happiness. 
Many  things  which  she  never  had  understood 


24  LUZ  STAR-EYE'S  DREAM-JOURNEY 

were  made  plain  to  her,  and  the  meaning  of 
life  became  so  sacred  and  clear. 

To  no  one  could  she  ever  tell  what  the 
voice  told  her.  "  I  could  not  say  it  beauti 
fully  enough,  not  even  a  poet  could,"  she  said 
to  herself.  "  No  one  would  understand  any 
way,  unless  one  had  heard  it  oneself/7 

Luz  was  again  sitting  on  the  sand  beside 
the  kind  old  Cave-Man.  He  did  not  speak; 
and  although  Luz  had  a  great  question  in  her 
mind,  she  did  not  wish  to  disturb  him. 

He  kept  searching  in  the  sand  among  the 
pebbles  for  something.  Once  and  again  he 
took  up  a  little  pebble,  looked  at  it  very  in 
tently,  then  threw  it  away  as  if  disappointed. 
Luz  thought  he  must  have  lost  something, 
and  wished  she  could  help  him  search  for  it. 

At  last  he  picked  up  a  pebble  not  much 
larger  than  a  grain  of  sand,  and  after  he  had 
examined  it  his  eyes  lighted  up.  Carefully 
he  laid  it  in  a  little  purse  which  he  hung  about 


LUZ  STAR-EYE'S  DREAM-JOURNEY  25 

the  neck  of  the  girl-fairy,  saying :  "  Take 
this,  it  will  be  of  good  service  to  you ;  and  it 
will  remind  you  of  the  true  purpose  in  things, 
if  you  take  it  in  your  hand  when  you  are  un 
decided  about  what  to  do.  Farewell,  child !  " 

How  suddenly  he  went  away!  It  was  a 
long  while  before  Luz  realized  that  he  had 
actually  gone.  She  felt  so  grateful  to  him 
and  to  Fairy  Silence,  that  she  most  fervently 
wished  to  see  them  again,  to  thank  them  for 
what  they  had  done  for  her.  But  she  waited 
in  vain.  The  waves  rolled  against  the  shore, 
with  regularity  like  the  ticking  of  a  clock; 
rolled  from  over  the  great  ocean  to  which 
she  saw  no  shore.  She  felt  so  alone  in  the 
big  world  —  and  she  so  small. 

She  took  the  little  pebble  which  the  Cave- 
Man  had  given  her,  and  held  it  lovingly 
against  her  heart.  She  felt  that  that  was  her 
only  friend  and  comfort.  Soon  her  thoughts 
began  to  clear.  She  remembered  Vestra, 
who  had  her  shape  and  name,  and  their 


26  LUZ  STAR-EYE'S  DREAM-JOURNEY 

agreement  to  travel  together.  "  I  must  go 
to  her  at  once,"  she  thought.  "  She  may  need 
my  help/' 


III 


A  long  train  was  winding  its  way  between 
great  hills.  In  one  of  the  cars  sat  a  little 
girl  looking  out  through  the  windows.  She 
started  and  glanced  up  surprised  when  any 
one  spoke  her  name,  Luz;  and  she  did  not 
always  answer  at  once,  just  as  if  she  needed 
time  to  think  first  if  it  were  she  they  meant. 
She  watched  with  great  interest  the  scenes 
which  seemed  to  come  to  meet  her  and  swift 
ly  run  past.  It  was  California,  where  her 
magic  tree  grew  and  where  Luz's  Raja  Yoga 
School  was.  All  was  so  grand  and  beautiful, 
she  wondered  how  it  was  made. 

These  great  hills  seemed  to  have  been 
formed  in  a  mold  to  fit  the  smooth  blue  vault 


LUZ  STAR-EYE'S  DREAM-JOURNEY  27 

above.  Not  a  tree,  not  a  bush,  not  even  too 
tall  a  flower  brushed  against  the  sky.  Spring 
had  covered  the  hills  with  light  green  vel 
vety  grass  and  silken  flowers,  and  no  one 
but  a  master-artist  could  have  arranged  the 
coloring  of  the  flower-embroidery  on  the 
slopes.  The  purple  tones  were  made  with 
wild  heliotrope  and  toadflax;  the  golden 
sheen  was  produced  by  poppies  and  daisies ; 
and  the  white,  by  forget-me-nots.  There 
were  also  other  kinds  of  hills ;  lower,  so  that 
bushes  and  trees  might  grow  on  them  with 
out  scratching  the  sky.  In  the  deep  valleys 
flowed  little  streams  and  brooks,  where  the 
big  fat  cattle  took  their  drinks.  Now  came 
big  groves  of  orange-trees  gliding  past. 
Their  branches  were  heavily  weighted  with 
golden  balls  of  fruit.  Then  olive-groves 
came  to  meet  them,  with  their  leaves  of  dark- 
green  and  silver;  cottages  with  walls  and 
verandas  covered  with  beautiful  climbing 
roses ;  and  small  towns  with  gardens  around 
every  house,  and  avenues  of  stately  palms. 


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\ 

Then  came  orchards  with  apple,  fig,  almond, 
peach,  plum,  and  apricot  trees,  and  beauti 
ful  vineyards. 

The  train  puffed  onward  very  fast,  and 
soon  the  majestic  hills  of  California,  the 
green  fields,  the  orchards  and  the  flowers, 
were  far  behind.  The  little  girl  beheld  wide 
plains  where  nothing  grew  but  thistles  and 
thorns,  while  the  sand  whirled  over  the 
desert. 

"  Oh,  why  does  not  Luz  come  to  me  ?  " 
she  sighed.  "  Has  she  forgotten  our  agree 
ment?  I  am  so  very  home-sick  for  Fairy 
land.  I  would  fly  away  at  once,  had  I  not 
this  heavy  body  to  hinder  me." 

As  she  had  done  before,  every  time  she 
was  alone,  she  stood  up  and  tried  to  rise  in 
the  air ;  but  a  call :  "  Luz,  dear,  remember 
your  manners ! "  brought  her  back  quickly 
to  her  seat. 

"  I  cannot  see  why  it  should  be  wrong 
manners  to  rise  in  the  air,  if  one  could," 
she  thought.  "  Human-land  is  so  very 


LUZ  STAR-BYE'S  DREAM-JOURNEY  29 

strange;  everything  is  quite  opposite  with 
us  —  I  wish  that  LUZ  were  here  to  explain 
things.  The  humans  themselves  can  move 
but  slowly,  but  their  houses  almost  fly.  We 
are  shut  up  in  one  now,  which  is  running 
very  fast  and  breathing  hard  as  it  runs.  The 
humans  let  the  house  take  them  where  it 
wants  to  go;  I  never  thought  they  were  so 
helpless/' 

"  Have  you  ever  been  able  to  float  through 
the  air  ?  "  she  asked  of  the  lady  sitting  beside 
her  reading  a  book. 

It  was  Amina,  one  of  Rosalinda's  friends, 
who,  with  some  more  ladies  and  gentlemen, 
was  making  a  journey  to  the  Isles  of  the 
Southern  Sea.  She  looked  up  smilingly  at 
Luz,  and  said: 

"  No,  is  our  little  Luz  pondering  the  fly 
ing  proposition  ?  " 

"  I  think  it  very  strange  that  no  one  can 
float  in  the  air  where  one  wants  to.  Why 
are  all  People  so  heavy  ?  " 


30  LUZ  STAR-EYE'S  DREAM-JOURNEY 

"  Well,  that  is  really  a  long  story,"  said 
Amina  solemnly,  "  but  I  might  tell  you  some : 
You  see,  it  is  our  own  fault.  Life  after  life 
we  have  forgotten  that  we  are  Souls  who 
live  in  bodies,  as  if  it  were  in  houses;  and 
have  come  to  think  that  the  body  is  the  real 
person." 

"  How  very  absurd!  How  stupid!  "  cried 
the  little  fairy  in  the  girl-body,  with  great 
conviction. 

"  You  are  right,  it  is  stupid,"  said  Amina, 
and  thought  that  she  had  never  seen  Luz  so 
interested  in  this  subject  before.  "  But  man 
kind  has  become  so  used  to  thinking  so,  that 
the  right  way  seems  strange  now." 

"  How  is  it  that  you  think  the  real  way, 
then  ?  "  asked  the  fairy-girl. 

"A  great  teacher,  sent  from  the  Wise  Ones 
who  are  guarding  all  the  truths  of  the  past, 
came  and  told  about  it ;  and  many  saw  that 
it  must  be  so,  and  did  as  the  teacher  advised 
them,  trying  to  make  their  life  and  their 


LUZ  STAR-EYE'S  DREAM-JOURNEY  31 

thoughts  clean  and  righteous ;  and  then  they 
saw  the  truth  themselves." 

"  I  would  like  to  know  the  name  of  that 
teacher.  Perhaps  she  was  a  fairy,"  said 
Vestra-Luz. 

"  No,  she  was  a  real  human ;  one  who 
knows  more  than  the  fairies,"  said  Amina, 
"  and  her  name  I  am  sure  you  have  heard 
many  times  in  our  Raja  Yoga  School.  So  I 
shall  let  you  think  it  out  for  yourself." 

"  I  shall  ask  Luz,  when  she  comes,"  thought 
the  fairy,  and  again  turned  to  what  was  most 
in  her  mind  —  the  flying. 

"  You  can  understand  that  yourself,  if 
you  think  a  moment,"  said  Amina.  "  It  is 
the  Soul  —  as  light  and  free  as  thought  — 
which  alone  has  the  power  to  lift  itself  from 
earth;  and  so,  when  the  Soul  is  denied  and 
forgotten  and  the  body  rules  alone,  then  the 
body  has  nothing  to  make  it  light." 

"  But  who  is  in  the  body  to  deny  and  for 
get  the  Soul?"  asked  the  fairy. 


32  LUZ  STAR-EYE'S  DREAM-JOURNEY 

"  The  body  has  some  thought  and  reason 
belonging  to  itself,"  said  Amina.  "  Let  me 
illustrate.  The  Soul,  the  Master,  is  a  noble 
warrior  sent  from  the  Gods  to  make  warfare 
on  all  that  is  wrong  and  cruel  in  the  world. 
He  is  endowed  with  wisdom  concerning  all 
things ;  he  is  a  poet,  an  artist,  a  musician,  a 
great  scientist,  a  magician,  with  gentleness 
and  love  for  everything.  He  had  a  house 
to  live  in,  called  the  body,  and  with  servants 
in  it  to  take  care  of  it.  They  could  do  that 
well,  but  otherwise  they  were  very  coarse 
and  ignorant  in  the  things  which  the  master 
knew. 

"  Then  the  evil  powers  against  which  their 
master,  the  Soul,  was  fighting,  would  be 
whispering  things  to  the  ignorant  servants. 
'  This  house  is  yours/  they  would  say,  '  you 
are  taking  care  of  it.'  '  You  could  be  great 
masters,  and  have  all  that  you  wanted,  and 
no  one  to  say  you  nay/  Thus  would  they 
whisper,  and  at  last  it  came  to  pass  that  their 
master,  the  Soul,  was  driven  from  his  home ; 


LUZ  STAR-EYE'S  DREAM-JOURNEY  33 

and  the  coarse  servants  ruled  it.  They  held 
great  arguments  and  thought  themselves 
very  wise.  '  The  most  important  thing  is 
to  think  of  our  house/  they  said. 

"  The  body  grew  heavy  with  all  kinds  of 
food  and  drinks,  and  was  decorated  in  costly 
robes  with  jewels  and  feathers.  But  some 
said  piously :  '  We  should  remember  we  have 
a  poor  soul  somewhere,  which  we  must  save 
from  going  wrong.  Let  us  pray.' ' 

Amina  stopped  and  sat  silent. 

"  Tell  more,"  said  Vestra.  "  What  hap 
pened  next?  " 

"  It  is  almost  like  this  now,"  said  Amina, 
"  and  I  think  that  you  understand  better  how 
it  is  that  we  cannot  float  lightly  and  freely 
in  the  air,  as  otherwise  is  our  right." 

"  But  shall  not  the  Soul-Master  be  free 
again,  and  have  his  body-house  again  ?  " 
asked  the  fairy  anxiously. 

'  Yes,  and  that  is  just  what  we  are  work 
ing  for  in  our  Raja  Yoga  Schools." 


34  LUZ  STAR-EYE'S  DREAM-JOURNEY 

The  train  was  rolling  in  and  stopping  at 
a  big  depot,  and  the  little  fairy  looked  with 
interest  and  fear  on  the  biggest  crowd  of 
people  she  had  ever  seen.  She  looked  and 
looked  to  see  some  one  in  whom  the  real 
Soul  was  taking  care  of  the  body,  and  she 
kept  close  to  Amina. 


IV 


Under  a  big  tree  beside  a  crystal  lake  in 
Guatemala,  the  beautiful,  sat  a  little  fairy. 
Very  sad  and  forlorn  she  looked. 

"  How  will  this  end?  "  she  sighed.  "  Ves- 
tra  I  cannot  find.  Fast  as  the  wind  have  I 
sped  along,  searching  everywhere;  she  can 
not  possibly  have  traveled  faster  than  I. 
How  shall  I  find  her?  What  shall  I  do? 

"  I  am  so  tired  —  I  never  thought  fairies 
felt  tired.  Perhaps,  though,  it  is  not  the 


LUZ  STAR-EYE'S  DREAM-JOURNEY  35 

fairy-body  that  is  weary,  but  I,  Luz.  Where 
shall  I  rest?  What  land  is  this?  " 

She  looked  round  and  forgot  her  weari 
ness  in  the  marvel  of  the  beautiful  land  be 
fore  her.  Great  trees  lifted  their  majestic 
heads  above.  Some  were  decked  with  lovely 
flowers,  others  with  luscious  fruits.  The 
quiet  water  of  an  inland  lake  reflected  like 
a  mirror  the  trees  and  shores  and  stately  blue 
mountains  at  the  opposite  side.  At  a  dis 
tance,  by  the  shore  of  the  lake,  there  was  a 
beautiful  Greek  temple,  such  as  she  had  seen 
only  at  Point  Lorna,  or  in  pictures  from  glor 
ious  old  Greece. 

She  rubbed  her  eyes  and  looked  again. 
"  These  things  look  real,  but  it  must  be  fairy 
land  —  it  cannot  be  any  other  place ;  and  I 
do  not  see  any  people  —  nor  even  fairies  do 
I  spy." 

The  little  girl-fairy  went  searching,  but 
neither  human  nor  elf  did  she  encounter; 
and  again  the  lonely  and  helpless  feeling 
came,  stronger  than  before. 


36  LUZ  STAR-EYE'S  DREAM-JOURNEY 

"  It  seems  such  a  long  time  since  I  saw 
Vestra.  Can  it  be  possible  that — ?  Oh, 
dare  I  think  the  thought  ?  —  it  is  too  dread 
ful —  but  I  must.  How  long  did  I  stay  in 
the  Cave-Man's  cave?  To  me  it  seemed  an 
hour  at  most,  but  what  do  I  know  about  fairy 
time?  It  might  have  been  days  —  months 
—  years!  I  have  read  about  enchantments 
like  that  in  my  story-books." 

For  a  long  time  she  sat  mourning  and 
thinking,  unable  to  find  a  clue  or  a  sign  of 
where  she  was,  unable  to  think  of  what  to  do. 
She  thought  of  Vestra  who  had  her  human 
body,  and  what  would  happen  if  she  never 
found  it  again;  she  could  not  go  home  and 
be  with  her  comrades  in  the  school  any  more. 
Never  could  she  tell  them  of  all  the  marvel 
ous  things  she  had  experienced. 

"  I  suppose  I  could  find  a  little  baby-body 
that  was  nobody  yet,  but  then  —  I  would 
be  that  baby  and  know  nothing.  What  a 
fool  I  am ! "  she  cried  aloud.  "  I  have  a 
fairy-body  now,  and  still  I  feel  and  know 


LUZ  STAR-EYE'S  DREAM-JOURNEY  37 

just  the  same  —  but  perhaps  if  I  found  a 
baby-body  that  I  liked,  some  one  else  might 
already  have  taken  it!  Oh,  is  there  no  one 
in  all  the  world  to  take  care  of  poor  lost  little 
fairies  like  me?  " 

Her  thoughts  went  to  Fairy  Silence  and 
the  Cave-Man;  and  then  for  the  first  time 
she  remembered  the  Cave-Man's  gift.  Tak 
ing  the  little  pebble  in  her  hand,  she  sat  very 
still.  Her  thoughts  began  to  clear,  as  when 
fog  melts  before  the  sun.  She  realized  that 
a  good  purpose  is  not  enough,  unless  we  are 
also  wise  in  carrying  it  out.  She  had  formed 
no  plan,  but  had  merely  rushed  off  in  the 
direction  she  thought  they  had  gone.  The 
first  thing  to  do  now  was  to  find  out  where 
she  was. 

She  heard  voices  in  the  distance,  yet  it 
seemed  they  came  from  the  tree-tops.  Then 
they  sounded  nearer  and  more  distinct,  chat 
ting  and  laughing,  much  like  a  big  crowd  of 
school  children. 


LUZ  STAR-EYE'S  DREAM-JOURNEY  39 

Yes,  the  voices  came  from  the  tree-tops ! 
She  looked  up,  and  great  was  her  surprise 
to  see  many  birds  with  green,  blue,  red,  or 
yellow  feathers  sitting  up  there  talking  ex 
citedly,  and  pointing  to  her  with  their  claws. 
She  felt  afraid,  and  wondered  what  they 
would  do ;  so  she  tried  to  hide  in  the  hollow 
of  a  tree.  She  had  not  been  sitting  there 
long  when  she  saw  a  canoe  rowed  by  a  man 
approach  the  shore. 

"  Can  it  be  possible  that  I  am  not  in  Fairy 
land  after  all  ?  "  she  thought.  She  saw  that 
a  little  boy  and  girl  were  also  in  the  canoe, 
and  that  they  were  landing  at  a  foot-path 
quite  near. 

"  I  must  ask  them  the  name  of  this  land," 
thought  Luz,  summoning  all  her  courage  to 
meet  them.  Going  nearer,  she  saw  they 
looked  kind,  and  her  fear  vanished.  Nearer 
and  nearer  she  drew,  but  they  appeared  not 
to  notice  her.  Now  she  was  by  the  side  of 
the  little  girl,  but  they  went  on  talking  about 


40  LUZ  STAR-EYE'S  DREAM-JOURNEY 

the  gay-colored  parrots  in  the  trees,  and  tell 
ing  how  they  were  going  to  catch  some  of 
the  young  ones  to  put  in  cages.  Luz  began 
to  understand  that  this  must  be  a  land  with 
real  people,  where  parrots  live  wild. 

"  Please  tell  me  the  name  of  this  place/' 
she  said  to  the  girl. 

No  answer.  Luz  pulled  her  dress  and 
took  her  hand,  but  the  girl  seemed  not  to 
feel  it.  "  It  must  be  that  I  can  see  them, 
and  they  not  me.  Perhaps  it  is  because  I 
have  the  pebble  from  the  good  Cave-Man 
that  I  can  see  so  much  better  than  they," 
she  thought.  "  I  shall  lay  the  pebble  on  the 
ground  a  little  way  off,  and  see  if  I  can  see 
them  just  the  same." 


Luz  stared  around  with  wondering  eyes. 
What  had  happened?  "Such  a  strange 
dream !  "  she  said.  "  I  dreamt  that  I  was 


LUZ  STAR-EYE'S  DREAM-JOURNEY  41 

a  girl  transformed  into  a  fairy,  and  that  I 
saw  some  humans  near  by,  and  that  I  was 
looking  for  some  one.  Oh,  the  dream  was 
so  real !  " 

"A  stranger !  A  stranger !  "  cried  some 
voices,  "  come,  come !  "  A  crowd  of  Fairies 
and  Elves  in  all  kinds  of  funny  shapes  sur 
rounded  Luz  in  a  moment. 

"  What  is  your  name  ?  "  asked  one. 

"  I  do  not  know,"  said  Luz,  seeming  to 
search  in  her  mind. 

"  Where  did  you  come  from  ?  "  asked  an 
other  one. 

"  I  do  not  remember ;  I  have  been  dream 
ing,"  answered  Luz,  with  a  puzzled  look. 

"  She  might  be  a  strange  spy.  Whoever 
heard  of  any  one  not  knowing  her  own 
name  ?  "  said  an  elf  with  a  very  long  nose 
and  three  eyes  on  each  side. 

"  Let  us  take  her  to  the  queen,"  said  some ; 
and  they  started  off,  a  double  line  of  elves, 


42 


LUZ  STAR-EYE'S  DREAM-JOURNEY 


with  lost  pins  for  weapons,  walking  on  either 
side. 

Queen  Coquita,  who  was  the  fairy  of  the 
cacao-tree,  sat  on  her  throne,  and  Luz  was 
led  before  her.  Coquita  called  the  oldest  and 


wisest  fairies  and  elves  to  council  and  re 
quested  them  to  say  to  which  tribe  this  new 
fairy  belonged.  But  no  one  could  tell.  All 
agreed  she  must  belong  to  the  tree-fairies, 
judging  from  her  dress. 

"  Shall  we  put  her  in  the  Earth-men's  pris 
on,  or  lock  her  in  a  cacao-tree?  "  asked  the 
long-nosed  elf,  with  a  deep  bow. 


LUZ  STAR-EYE'S  DREAM-JOURNEY  43 

"  Nothing  of  that,  you  cruel  sprite,"  said 
the  queen.  "  She  shall  stay  at  my  court  and 
busily  employ  herself  in  making  cacao-beans. 
As  for  you  —  you  shall  not  come  before  my 
eyes  until  you  have  found  the  tree  to  which 
she  belongs,  and  the  place  where  these  trees 
grow.  Put  your  many  eyes  to  some  other 
use  than  ferreting  out  fairy-gossip.  Away 
at  once ! " 

Luz  was  busy  with  the  rest  in  gathering 
stuff  to  grow  the  cacao-beans,  and  as  she 
was  yet  ignorant  in  those  things,  her  duty 
was  to  prepare  the  material  for  the  outside 
shell.  The  fairies  called  her  Star-Eye  be 
cause  her  eyes  were  different  from  any  they 
had  ever  seen.  She  often  sat  in  deep 
thought,  trying  to  remember  something  she 
felt  ought  to  be  done  —  another  mission  be 
sides  growing  cacao-beans.  But  what  was 
it? 

On  one  occasion  when  Star-Eye,  with 
some  little  Coquita  fairies,  had  strolled  far 
ther  than  usual  in  search  of  fiber  for  bark, 


44  LUZ  STAR-HY&S  DREAM-JOURNEY 

they  came  upon  two  pompous  parrot-elves 
walking  back  and  forth  doing  nothing.  They 
talked  all  the  time,  so  that  their  hook-bill- 
noses  got  very  hot  and  they  had  often  to 
cool  them  in  a  neighboring  pool  of  water. 

"  Why  don't  you  do  something  useful  and 
stop  that  senseless  talk,  you  everlasting 
chatterboxes?"  scolded  one  of  the  Coquita 
fairies. 

Then  the  parrot-elves,  greatly  delighted 
at  a  chance  to  answer  some  one  back,  talked 
faster  and  faster  and  used  eight  hundred 
words  to  say :  "  Mind  your  business !  "  They 
chattered  on  and  said,  in  one  thousand  one 
hundred  and  fifty  words,  that  it  was  high 
style,  and  that  they  were  talking  after  the 
manner  of  the  great  humans. 

"  I  am  tired  of  your  old  talk  about  hu 
mans,  you  can  never  make  me  believe  such 
silly  tales,"  one  of  the  fairies  hastened  to 
say,  while  the  parrot-elf  was  catching  his 
breath.  But  this  delighted  him  still  more, 
as  a  subject  for  another  thousand  words. 


LUZ  STAR-EYE'S  DREAM-JOURNEY  45 

"  Why  do  you  not  go  away  from  those 
foolish  chatterers  when  you  dislike  them  ?  " 
asked  LUZ  Star-Eye. 

"  Don't  you  know  ?  We  cannot  get  away. 
They  fascinate  us  so  we  cannot  help  our 
selves  till  they  stop,  and  that  will  never  be. 
Queen  Coquita  has  warned  all  the  fairies  not 
to  notice  or  say  one  word  to  any  of  them  if 
we  should  meet  them.  But  you  see  they  pro 
voke  one  so,  and  then  it  is  done." 

Now  the  fairies  protested  and  scolded  at 
the  parrot-elves,  but  to  no  avail,  they  talked 
the  more;  talked  their  beak-noses  red-hot 
again  and  again.  But  Luz  Star-Eye  said 
to  the  fairies,  "  Come  with  me  now  and  let 
us  go  home,"  and  they  went  with  her  obedi 
ently  and  left  the  parrot-elves  behind,  talk 
ing  to  themselves. 

This  great  power  in  Luz  Star-Eye  awed 
and  astonished  the  fairies  and  Queen  Co 
quita,  and  Luz  was  held  in  honor,  and  con 
sulted  in  all  kinds  of  difficulties. 


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LUZ  STAR-BYE'S  DREAM-JOURNEY 


Ever  since  her  meeting  with  the  parrot- 
elves  she  had  been  thinking  of  the  "  Hu 
mans,"  and  wondering  what  they  were  like. 

"I  wish  to  hear  more  about  them,"  she  said 
to  one  of  her  companions.  "  Perhaps  it  is 
true  that  there  are  such  beings." 


"  The  elves  and  fairies  at  Coquita's  court 
will  laugh  at  you  if  you  say  this,"  was  the 
reply.  "  But  if  you  ask  old  Pixie,  he  will 
tell  you  as  many  human-tales  as  you  want. 
There  he  is  now !  " 


LUZ  STAR-EYE'S  DREAM-JOURNEY  47 


VI 


Luz  Star-Eye  was  not  surprised  when  she 
saw  the  old  elf,  although  he  was  a  very  queer 
figure.  He  had  only  one  leg,  no  arms,  and 
no  joints  in  his  body.  A  big  greenish-gray 
beard  flowed  down  to  his  one  foot.  He  knew 
no  end  of  "  human-tales,"  and  was  always 
willing  to  tell  them.  And  in  Luz  Star-Eye 
he  had  his  most  attentive  listener.  In  his 
youth  he  had  been  body-guard  for  a  tribe  of 
fairies  who  worked  for  the  humans ;  and  so 
he  had  heard  much  about  them. 

"  It  is  very  beautiful  in  human-land,"  he 
said.  "A  big  glowing  blue  sun  makes  their 
days  bright,  and  feeds  the  humans  with  god- 
wisdom.  At  night  the  sky  is  full  of  stars  so 
wonderful  that  we  have  never  seen  the  like. 
There  are  green,  blue,  and  rose-colored  ones ; 
some  are  golden,  some  violet,  and  all  the 
colors  imaginable.  They  shine  in  the  sky 
like  jewels.  The  stars  are  really  shining 


48  LUZ  STAR-EYE'S  DREAM-JOURNEY 

palaces  where  the  human's  god-parents  live. 
They  send  lovely  gifts  to  them  through 
magic  rays." 

"  Oh  happy  humans !  "  cried  Luz,  "  and 
what  gifts  do  they  receive?" 

"Some  obtain  the  gift  of  poetry;  some, 
knowledge  to  make  useful  things  out  of  the 
elements;  others,  the  gift  of  understanding 
the  hidden  nature  of  herbs  and  flowers. 
Some  learn  to  make  all  they  touch  beautiful ; 
others  have  the  gift  of  making  music,  or 
song,  or  of  picturing  all  they  see  in  its  own 
form  or  color.  And  there  are  ever  so  many 
other  gifts  of  which  I  do  not  know  the 


names." 


"  I  wish  I  were  a  human ! "  cried  Luz 
Star-Eye.  "Tell  me  more!  Tell  me  more!" 

"  The  humans  are  very  wise  and  have 
great  power.  They  can  with  their  thoughts 
bring  a  whole  tribe  of  us  fairies  into  being, 
to  do  whatever  and  go  wherever  they  bid  us." 


LUZ  STAR-EYE'S  DREAM-JOURNEY  49 

"  They  must  make  very  beautiful  fairies," 
said  Luz. 

"  Yes,  the  most  beautiful  of  all,"  said  the 
elf.  "  The  humans  change  their  bodies 
oftener  than  we  do;  and  they  always  begin 
with  a  very  small  one  which  grows  larger 
just  as  a  tree  or  a  flower  does,  and  in  the 
same  way  it  grows  old  and  withers  and 
wrinkles  up  so  that  the  human  has  to  leave 
it  and  get  a  new  one.  In  this  way  they  do 
not  get  tired  of  living  and  are  fresh  and 
young  often. 

:t  The  humans  are  very  loving  and  kind 
to  each  other,  and  they  are  a  protecting 
power  for  their  own  animal  world.  Even 
we  in  fairy-land  receive  benefits  from  them, 
although  many  of  us  cannot  see  the  humans." 

"  I  wish  I  could  see  them ! "  cried  Luz, 
"oh,  I  wish  I  could!" 

"  But  there  are  bad  humans,  too,"  con 
tinued  the  elf,  "  just  as  there  are  bad,  ugly 
fairies  who  do  harm.  The  bad  humans  are 


SO  LUZ  STAR-EYE'S  DREAM-JOURNEY 

blind,  but  they  have  glass  eyes  in  their  heads 
through  which  they  see  everything  back 
wards.  They  spend  their  time  in  trying  to 
do  each  other  harm  and  complaining  when 
harm  is  done  to  them  again.  They  are  very 
dangerous,  but  not  as  powerful  as  the  good 
ones.  They  are  much  afraid  of  light.  The 
worst  thing  is  that  they  destroy  all  the  beau 
tiful  things  the  good  ones  do,  if  they  come 
upon  them." 

"  But  if  they  could  see  right,  they  would 
not  do  it,  I  am  sure/'  said  Luz.  "  Is  there 
no  way  to  fix  their  eyes  ?  " 

"  I  don't  know,"  said  the  elf,  "  but  I  have 
heard  that  they  have  seeds  for  real  eyes 
inside  their  heads." 

"Do  they  grow?"  asked  Luz. 

"  They  have  grown  in  some,  who  have  let 
them,  I  have  heard." 

"  But  do  they  not  all  wish  their  sight  very 
much?" 


LUZ  STAR-BYE'S  DREAM-JOURNEY  51 

"  No,  they  do  not  know  that  they  are 
blind/'  said  the  old  elf. 

"  Oh !  But  why  don't  the  good  humans 
tell  them?"  cried  Luz. 

"  I  don't  know/'  said  the  elf,  "  but  I  have 
heard  that  they  do,  although  the  bad  humans 
destroy  their  bodies  and  do  all  kinds  of  evil 
things  to  them." 

"  What  a  pity !  Is  that  possible  ?  Oh,  but 
could  not  I  go  and  tell  them  ?  Perhaps  they 
would  listen  to  me  because  I  am  a  fairy. 
How  can  I  get  there?  Oh,  tell  me,  good 
elf !  "  Luz  Star-Eye  did  not  know  why  she 
felt  that  her  only  mission  was  with  these 
humans,  about  whom  she  had  heard  so  little. 
She  wanted  to  go  to  them,  and  she  meant 
to  speak  about  it  to  Queen  Coquita. 

But  the  little  elf  looked  at  her  as  if  he 
wanted  to  take  the  things  from  her  mind 
again,  and  said :  "  Little  Star-Eye,  this  is 
only  a  story;  perhaps  there  are  no  such 
beings  existing  as  '  Humans/  I  have  never 


52  LUZ  STAR-BYE'S  DREAM-JOURNEY 

seen  any;  and  who  knows  if  the  ones  who 
told  me  told  the  truth  ?  There  are  not  many 
here  who  believe  in  those  things/' 

"  Oh,  but  I  just  know  that  it  is  all  true," 
cried  Luz,  and  off  she  flew  to  go  before  the 
queen. 

To  her  wonder  she  was  met  by  a  great 
commotion,  and  the  fairies  surrounded  her, 
wailing :  "  Oh,  Star-Eye,  you  will  leave  us 
now.  Who  will  then  help  us  as  you  have 
done?  Who  will  save  us  from  the  chatter 
ers  ?  Who  will  tell  us  what  we  do  not  know 
ourselves  ?  " 

The  elf,  Six-Eye,  had  come  back,  telling 
that  the  tree  to  which  she  without  doubt  be 
longed  was  the  much-esteemed  artist-chem 
ist,  Eucalyptus,  and  that  Australia  was  its 
home-land. 

"  We  are  sorry  to  have  you  leave  us,  little 
Star-Eye,"  said  the  queen.  "  But  the  law 
of  right  says,  now  that  your  tribe  is  found, 
you  shall  go  among  your  own  that  you  may 
find  your  right  place." 


LUZ  STAR-EYE'S  DREAM- JOURNEY  S3 

The  parting  from  the  good  Coquita  and 
the  fairies  would  have  been  hard  and  sad 
for  Luz,  had  she  not  now  felt  a  new  purpose 
in  her  life.  She  would  go  to  help  the  blind 
humans.  That  they  existed,  she  had  no 
doubt;  but  she  felt  it  to  no  purpose  to  tell 
the  fairies  of  her  intentions. 

The  ceremonies  in  Luz's  honor  and  all  the 
preparations  were  completed,  and  Luz  Star- 
Eye  left  the  fairy  court.  She  was  escorted 
by  f airies-in-waiting  and  elf-guards  in  green 
armor.  They  rode  on  well  trained  bluebirds, 
flying  in  tune  to  the  music  which  the  Co 
quita  military  band  made.  Some  played  on 
grasses,  others  on  leaf-flutes,  and  one  elf 
beat  a  drum  made  from  the  grass-rattle-pod. 

After  a  while  they  came  to  the  ocean,  and 
there  they  stopped.  As  they  were  land  fair 
ies  they  had  to  wait  for  something  to  take 
them  over  the  water,  but  in  the  meantime 
they  amused  themselves,  dancing  and  play 
ing.  They  had  not  been  there  long  when  a 
big  white  bird  swooped  down  on  them,  and 


LUZ  STAR-BYE'S  DREAM-JOURNEY  55 

the  frightened  fairies  scattered  on  all  sides 
in  wild  fright.  The  bird's  sharp  eye  caught 
sight  of  Star-Eye  where  she  lay  hidden  under 
a  dry  leaf,  and  it  instantly  picked  her  up  with 
one  claw  and  flew  with  her  out  over  the 
ocean.  Now  he  flew  high  in  the  air;  now 
he  rested  on  the  foaming  waves,  but  not  a 
word  did  he  speak. 

A  big  ship  was  plowing  its  way  through 
the  waves,  and  the  bird  steered  its  course 
towards  it.  On  the  deck  he  put  the  fright 
ened  little  fairy  down,  and  said  to  her :  "  Do 
not  leave  this  place  till  I  return,  and  no  ill 
shall  befall  you."  He  gave  a  calling  sound, 
and  instantly  a  little  water-sprite  appeared. 

"  Bring  me  a  chain  with  which  to  tie  this 
precious  fairy,"  said  the  big  bird;  and  the 
water-sprite  was  off  in  a  moment  and  soon 
returned  with  a  chain  of  pearls.  He  chained 
Star-Eye  to  the  big  anchor. 

"  Who  are  you  that  treat  me  thus  cruel 
ly?  "  asked  she. 


56 


LUZ  STAR-EYE'S  DREAM-JOURNEY 


"  I  am  Foam-Wing,  the  Cave-Man's  mes 
senger/'  said  the  bird. 

"And  who  is  the  Cave-Man  who  dares  to 
send  you  to  do  such  things?  He  must  be  a 
cruel  giant,"  wailed  little  Star-Eye,  shaking 
her  chain.  But  Foam-Wing  was  already  far 
away  and  did  not  hear  her. 


Many  people  came  and  went,  but  Star- 
Eye  did  not  see  them.  Among  them  was  a 
little  girl  who  came  again  and  again  to  the 
place  where  Star-Eye  sat  chained ;  once  she 
came  so  near  that  she  touched  Star-Eye's 
pearl  chain  with  her  hand ;  but  neither  saw 
the  other. 


LUZ  STAR-EYE'S  DREAM-JOURNEY  57 

"  I  might  never  see  Luz  again,  and  I 
should  have  to  remain  in  a  human  body  for 
ever  and  ever/'  murmured  the  girl  to  her 
self. 

Soon  Star-Eye  saw  Foam-Wing  return. 
In  terror  she  ran  to  hide,  but  her  chain  held 
her,  and  the  bird  caught  her  with  one  claw, 
while  with  the  other  he  put  something 
around  her  neck.  It  was  the  purse  with  the 
Cave-Man's  pebble  which  he  had  found  at 
last,  after  much  searching  and  inquiry.  The 
whole  bird  population  in  Guatemala  had  been 
on  the  hunt.  All  had  searched  with  earnest 
zeal  except  the  crows.  They  only  lamely 
pretended.  A  little  blackbird  then  suggested 
that  all  their  nests  be  inspected.  The  result 
was  that  the  purse  was  found  in  the  nest  of 
an  old  crow. 

Foam-Wing  touched  the  pearl  chain  with 
his  bill  and  it  instantly  became  little  drops 
of  water  which  ran  out  on  the  deck  floor,  and 
he  flew  out  over  the  ocean. 


58  LUZ  STAR-EYE'S  DREAM-JOURNEY 

VII 

Star-Eye  looked  up  as  if  she  had  just 
awakened  from  a  sleep.  "  Such  strange 
dreams  I  have  had/'  she  murmured,  "  about 
fairies  and  elves  and  about  Foam-Wing.  I 
thought  that  I  did  not  know  him,  and  he 
chained  me  with  a  pearl  chain ;  and  my  name 
was  Star-Eye,  and  I  was  going  to  help  blind 
humans  —  how  strange !  I  must  remember 
this  dream  and  tell  Rosalinda." 

She  rubbed  her  little  fairy-eyes  with  her 
little  fairy-fingers  and  looked  around  with 
growing  surprise  and  bewilderment.  She 
could  not  understand  how  it  was  that  she 
was  on  a  ship  —  just  as  if  the  dream  had 
been  true.  At  first  she  thought  that  all  these 
strange  things  seemed  so  to  her  because  she 
had  taken  off  the  purse  with  the  Cave-Man's 
pebble,  but  then  she  found  that  she  still  had 
it  on.  She  could  not  understand. 

Now  her  eyes  fell  on  Vestra  sitting  near 


LUZ  STAR-EYE'S  DREAM-JOURNEY  59 

by,  longingly  looking  out  over  the  ocean,  and 
with  one  leap  she  was  at  her  side  crying  out 
in  exceeding  joy :  "  Oh  Vestra !  I  have 
found  you !  "  Luz  threw  her  arms  about 
her  neck,  but  Vestra  sat  there  as  before, 
without  giving  any  sign  of  recognition ;  she 
neither  turned  her  head  nor  even  her  eyes, 
but  sat  as  before. 

Then  the  little  girl-fairy's  heart  and  cour 
age  gave  way;  she  threw  herself  down  at 
Vestra's  side  and  cried  as  if  her  heart  would 
break. 

She  must  have  lain  there  for  a  long  time, 
for  it  was  dark  night  when  at  last  she  lifted 
her  head  and  found  that  she  was  alone.  The 
wind  blew  and  big  waves  dashed  against  the 
ship.  The  moon  looked  pale  and  ghost-like 
where  it  suddenly  broke  forth  from  a  cloud 
and  the  next  moment  again  disappeared. 

"  I  wish  the  dream  had  been  true  and  that 
the  Cave-Man  had  sent  Foam-Wing  to  me; 
then  he  might  come  again.  But  how  can  he 


60  LUZ  STAR-EYE'S  DREAM-JOURNEY 


know?    There  is  no  one  to  care  for  me,  no 


one." 


She  solemnly  took  out  the  Cave-Man's 
pebble  and  held  it  in  her  hand,  as  she  had 
done  the  first  time  when  she  sat  by  the  ocean 
and  felt  so  small  and  alone.  But  how  differ 
ent  it  was  then !  She  was  near  home  and  the 
Cave-Man  would  have  come  to  her  assistance 
had  she  really  needed  it.  But  now  —  she 
was  far  away  on  a  strange  ship,  she  did  not 
know  where.  She  had  found  Vestra,  that 
was  true ;  but  to  see  her  and  not  be  able  to 
make  herself  seen  or  heard  was  worse  than 
before,  for  then  she  had  at  least  the  hope  of 
a  happy  meeting. 

Holding  the  little  pebble  in  her  hand  and 
trying  to  clear  her  thoughts,  had,  after  a 
little  while,  made  her  quieter,  and  she  felt 
less  lonely.  She  began  to  think  of  plans  to 
make  herself  heard  by  Vestra.  The  waves 
dashed  against  the  ship  as  before,  but  she 
did  not  mind  it  now,  she  rather  enjoyed  their 
wild  play.  Presently  she  thought  she  saw 


LUZ  STAR-EYE'S  DREAM-JOURNEY  61 

something  white  gleam  near  the  horizon. 
Now  it  disappeared  in  the  foam  of  the  waves. 
There  she  saw  it  again  ;  now  she  heard  the 
sound  of  wings  close  by  —  now  —  Foam- 
Wing  alighted  beside  her! 

"Oh,  Foam-Wing!"  she  cried,  "dear, 
nice  Foam-Wing!  I  am  so  glad  you  have 
come.  I  have  dreamt  about  you.  Do  help 
me,  Foam-Wing;  I  think  you  can.  I  have 
found  Vestra  —  ah,  perhaps  you  do  not 
know  that  I  had  lost  her." 

Foam-Wing  said 
nothing,  but  gently 
stroked  her  with  his 


"  Yes,  I  found  her,"  said  Luz,  "  and  I  was 
so  happy;  and  then  I  found  that  she  could 
not  see  me,  and  she  looks  so  sad  and  longing. 
She  could  not  hear  me.  Oh,  dear  Foam- 
Wing,  what  shall  I  do?  " 

Foam-Wing  looked  at  her  for  a  moment. 
Then  he  said  :  "  Be  of  good  cheer,  Luz  Star- 


62  LUZ  STAR-BYE'S  DREAM-JOURNEY 

Eye,  I  bring  you  greetings  from  the  Cave- 
Man." 

"  From  the  Cave-Man!  Oh,  tell  me!  tell 
me ! "  and  Luz  threw  her  arms  around 
Foam-Wing's  neck  in  joy. 

"  When  you  left  the  shore  at  Point  Loma 
I  was  not  there  but  away  on  an  important 
errand  for  the  Cave-Man,  carrying  a  pack 
age  wrapped  in  kelp.  It  contained  three 
little  grains  of  self-control  from  the  Raja 
Yoga  children  at  Point  Loma,  precious  as 
diamonds  and  as  clear  and  firm.  This  I  was 
to  take  to  a  little  boy  in  New  Zealand,  who  in 
the  future  was  to  be  a  brave  warrior  for 
Right  and  Truth,  but  who  was  then  in  great 
danger  from  a  bad-temper-goblin  that  was 
gaining  more  and  more  power  over  him." 

"And  did  it  help  him?"  asked  Luz  with 
great  interest. 

"  Yes,  when  he  wore  the  packet  with  self- 
control  the  goblin  did  not  dare  to  approach 
him.  You  should  have  seen  his  face  all 


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black  with  anger  and  his  claw  fingers  ready 
to  scratch  anything,  so  disappointed  was  he 
not  to  get  at  the  boy." 

"  But  will  he  not  go  and  destroy  others 
instead?  "  asked  Luz  with  concern. 

"  Not  for  some  time  at  least,  as  he  is  too 
interested  in  finding  means  to  get  hold  of 
his  first  prey  again." 

"But  then?" 

"Well,  that  depends  on  the  boy;  if  he 
faithfully  wears  the  self-control  and  the  gob 
lin  finds  that  all  its  cunning  means  of  tempt 
ing  or  scaring  him  are  of  no  use,  it  falls 
down  at  the  boy's  feet.  The  boy  can  then 
put  his  foot  on  its  neck  as  a  sign  of  master 
ship.  After  that  the  goblin  does  not  recog 
nize  any  other  master,  and  will  use  its  fierce 
ways  to  fight  for  the  boy  against  wrong  and 
evil." 

"  How  interesting!  "  cried  Luz.  "  I  hope 
he  will  win." 

"  Yes,  and  I  have  the  Cave-Man's  instruc- 


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tion  to  visit  him  once  every  month  to  see  how 
he  is  getting  on.  But  now  to  the  other 
matter.  As  soon  as  I  came  back  from  this 
trip  the  Cave-Man  sent  me  to  find  you,  to 
see  if  you  needed  any  help." 

"Oh,   the  kind,   dear   Cave-Man,"   cried 
Luz.     "  I  began  to  think  no  one  cared  for 


me." 


"  It  was  not  so  hard  to  find  where  you 
had  gone,  for  the  birds  told  me  all  along. 
But  there  was  some  disturbance  in  the  air 
and  many  birds  were  bewildered  and  knew 
nothing.  At  last,  after  much  searching,  I 
heard  about  a  strange  fairy  who  had  done 
many  helpful  things  where  she  lived;  they 
called  her  Star-Eye." 

"  Was  that  I  ?  "  asked  Luz,  her  eyes  big 
with  astonishment. 

"  Yes,  and  I  found  you  at  last  by  the  ocean. 
I  knew  that  Vestra  would  not  be  able  to  see 
you,  so  I  flew  straightway  to  the  Cave-Man 
the  shortest  way  possible,  and  now  I  am 
back  —  " 


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"  Tell  me,"  interrupted  Luz,  "  was  it  real, 
the  dream  I  had  about  the  fairies  and  you?  " 

"  Yes/'  said  Foam- Wing;  and  then  he  told 
her  how  he  had  found  her  pebble  and  all 
about  it.  "  Now,"  he  said,  "  this  is  what 
the  Cave-Man  sends  you."  And  he  brought 
forth  from  under  his  wing  a  tiny  packet. 
"  In  it  is  a  little  pebble  somewhat  like  your 
own,  although  not  of  the  same  powers.  This 
you  will  hang  about  the  neck  of  Vestra,  and 
as  long  as  she  wears  it  she  will  be  able  to 
see  and  speak  with  you." 

''Thank  you!  Thank  you!"  cried  the 
happy  little  fairy.  "  How  good  the  Cave- 
Man  is!  How  can  I  ever  thank  him?  Tell 
me  something  that  I  can  do ! " 

"  You  are  a  human,  and  it  is  only  now, 
while  you  have  a  fairy  body,  that  you  can 
see  and  hear  us.  I  do  not  know  what  you 
can  do.  The  Cave-Man  and  all  his  tribe  are 
in  duty  bound  to  serve  those  humans  who 
work  for  the  Good  and  the  Right.  He  has 


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inscribed  your  name  on  his  shining  rock. 
Do  not  fail  him." 

Luz  was  going  to  ask  something  more 
about  this,  but  Foam-Wing  spread  his  wings, 
and  she  saw  them  shimmering  far  away 
through  the  darkness. 


VIII 

She  sat  long  in  thought.  The  desire  to 
see  Vestra  was  not  so  strong  now.  She 
thought  over  all  that  had  befallen  her,  and 
what  it  all  meant.  She  remembered  Rosa 
linda,  and  what  she  had  told  her  that  day 
on  the  Cave-Man's  shore.  She  had  not  un 
derstood  much  then,  but  now  she  felt  that 
she  saw  the  meaning  of  Raja  Yoga  as  plain 
as  daylight.  Oh,  how  much  she  had  learned ! 
She  remembered  the  visit  with  the  Cave- 
Man  and  Fairy  Silence ;  never,  never  would 
she  forget  that.  She  still  remembered  the 


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old  elf's  telling  of  the  "  humans,"  although 
her  other  experiences  in  the  fairy-world  were 
fast  fading  away  like  a  dream.  She  remem 
bered  her  desire  to  go  and  speak  to  the 
"  blind  humans,"  and  now  she  understood 
why  it  was  that  she  had  such  an  interest 
in  them. 

The  clouds  came  and  went,  and  the  stars 
shone  down  with  gentle  light  on  the  little 
fairy  aboard  the  big  ship.  Luz  looked  up 
to  the  sky  and  thought  she  saw  all  the  beauti 
ful  colors  of  which  the  elf  had  spoken.  Near 
the  horizon  they  seemed  to  gather  in  a  long 
line,  twinkling  and  flickering. 

"  That  is  an  island  of  the  Southern  Sea," 
thought  Luz,  "  I  know  it !  How  beautiful 
to  meet  a  land  like  this  rising  from  the  ocean ! 
Far  away  we  see  its  lights  as  stars,  and  the 
fairies  would  say  that  the  lights  came  from 
happy  humans,  protectors  of  the  animals  and 
fairies;  that  each  one  of  those  stars  was  a 
palace  where  a  good  human  lived;  and  that 
its  rays  carried  good  thoughts  out  over  the 


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LUZ  STAR-EYE'S  DREAM-JOURNEY 


ocean.    Now  I  shall  go  and  see  if  it  is  true." 

Vestra  slept  and  dreamed  happy  dreams 
of  her  eucalyptus  tree,  and  did  not  know  that 
Luz  stood  beside  her. 


"  Can  this  be  I  ?  "  thought  Luz ;  and  she 
looked  long  at  the  sleeping  girl.  She  noticed 
every  feature ;  her  hair,  her  nose  and  mouth, 
arms  and  hands,  and  wondered  how  it  would 
feel  to  live  again  in  that  body. 

"  I  do  not  think  I  am  pretty,  and  I  feel  as 
if  I  did  not  care  to  have  '  me '  back,"  she 
said.  Suddenly  she  gave  a  cry  of  delight. 
She  had  discovered  a  little  golden  locket 
hanging  from  a  chain  around  Vestra's  neck. 
It  was  her  dear  locket  with  the  picture  in  it 


LUZ  STAR-BYE'S  DREAM-JOURNEY  69 

which  she  had  received  as  a  present  on  her 
tenth  birthday,  and  meant  to  keep  always. 
She  put  the  Cave-Man's  pebble  into  it,  but 
Vestra  did  not  wake. 

When  the  first  ray  of  dawn  shone  in 
through  the  little  window  she  awoke. 

"  Good  morning,  Vestra !  "  said  Luz.  "  I 
am  here  now/7 

Vestra  sat  up  instantly  —  she  could  hear ! 
"Luz,  Luz,  have  you  come  at  last?"  she 
cried.  "  Oh,  do  not  leave  me  again !  " 

They  told  each  other  all  that  had  hap 
pened,  and  Luz  told  why  she  had  not  come 
to  Vestra  at  once.  Vestra  had  many  won 
derful  things  to  tell  Luz  of  her  experiences 
in  "  Human-land."  They  were  so  funny  that 
Luz  laughed  till  her  tears  came.  How  Ves 
tra  had  first  learned  that  clothes  were  to  be 
taken  off  and  changed  at  times;  how  she 
had  fallen  and  hurt  herself  because  she  had 
not  thought  it  necessary  to  step  on  anything 
but  air  when  she  left  the  car;  how  she  had 


70  LUZ  STAR-BYE'S  DREAM-JOURNEY 

tried  in  vain  to  go  through  a  glass  door 
without  opening  it.  She  had  learned  so 
many  things  by  now  that  she  thought  there 
was  not  much  more  to  know.  "  I  am  very 
tired  of  being  a  human,"  she  said.  "  Could 
we  not  in  some  way  change  back?" 

"  Not  before  we  stand  under  the  magic 
tree,  as  you  must  remember,"  said  Luz. 

"  Oh,  beg  some  great  king  to  make  you 
a  fairy  also,  and  then  we  shall  live  together 
in  the  same  tree  and  have  such  jolly  times. 
You  do  not  want  to  put  on  this  clumsy  body 
again,  in  which  you  cannot  fly  or  float  or 
do  anything,  and  which  is  so  much  trouble 
to  dress  and  feed." 

"  I  think,"  said  Luz,  "  that  I  would  like 
to  be  a  fairy  always,  if  it  were  not  that  I 
have  something  that  I  must  do  — "  Luz 
stopped  as  she  saw  that  Vestra  was  looking 
down  on  the  water  with  apparent  interest. 

"  What  is  that  shining  ground  on  which 
our  ship  goes  ?  "  she  asked. 


LUZ  STAR-EYE'S  DREAM-JOURNEY  71 

"  It  is  water ;  do  you  not  know  what 
water  is  ?  " 

"  Yes,  but  I  thought  that  it  was  clear  as 
air,  and  not  so  much  in  one  bowl.  But  what 
is  that  floating  on  the  water  far  ahead?" 
asked  Vestra. 

"  Oh,  that  is  an  island  of  the  Southern 
Sea,  we  shall  soon  be  there!  I  saw  it  first 
while  it  was  still  night.  I  saw  its  many 
stars,"  said  Luz,  and  clapped  her  fairy 
hands. 

"  Does  it  float  from  place  to  place  like  our 
ship  ?  "  asked  Vestra. 

"  No,  it  is  always  in  one  place,"  said  Luz. 
"  I  think  that  it  must  have  roots  away  down 
at  the  bottom  of  the  ocean,  that  hold  it. 
Look,  now  we  can  see  green  hills  and  beauti 
ful  trees.  We  shall  soon  be  there ! " 

There  was  a  joyous  commotion  on  the 
ship.  Every  one  was  to  land,  and  Vestra 
had  parted  from  Luz.  She  was  going  with 
Amina  and  the  rest. 


72  LUZ  STAR-EYE'S  DREAM-JOURNEY 

"  I  shall  come  back  to  you  tonight  and 
tell  you  about  the  country,"  Luz  had  said 
in  parting;  and  Vestra  was  happy  now, 
anticipating  their  next  meeting. 


IX 


Luz  was  sitting  under  a  caimito-tree  on 
an  island  of  the  Southern  Sea.  She  was 
thinking,  as  she  often  loved  to  do.  She  was 
thinking  of  Vestra.  How  easy  and  delight 
ful  it  was  to  have  a  fairy-body  and  to  have 
no  cares!  A  drop  of  honey  from  a  flower, 
or  the  juice  of  a  little  fruit,  was  all  she 
needed  for  a  meal;  and  everywhere  were 
little  cosy  places  in  trees  or  flowers  where 
she  could  curl  up  for  a  nap,  or  she  might 
stay  in  the  nest  of  a  friendly  bird.  And 
now  to  see  this  beautiful  land  in  this  delight- 


LUZ  STAR-EYE'S  DREAM-JOURNEY  73 

ful  way!  What  joy  was  to  be  hers!  But 
she  thought  of  Vestra.  What  had  she  to 
make  her  happy?  Luz  thought  she  would 
make  up  for  Vestra's  loss  of  freedom  by 
telling  her  about  all  she  saw,  and  teaching 
her  all  she  could  about  the  life  of  a  human, 
so  that  she  could  have  some  source  of  happi 
ness.  As  it  was  now,  Luz  understood  that 
Vestra  was  too  ignorant  of  even  the  simplest 
things  to  be  able  to  see  beauty  and  happiness 
in  her  surroundings. 

Luz  was  disturbed  in  her  solemn  thoughts 
by  a  queer  little  sound  from  a  neighboring 
tree.  She  looked  up  and  met  the  eyes  of  a 
bird  sitting  on  a  twig.  He  had  his  back 
towards  Luz ;  but  all  the  same,  his  head  was 
turned  so  that  he  looked  at  her.  He  gave  a 
low  whistle  and  flew  off  to  another  tree. 
Luz  followed;  she  wanted  to  see  more  of 
him.  But  there  she  saw  something  else;  a 
tiny  bird-baby  lying  on  the  ground.  The 
mother  bird,  a  little  canary,  was  flying  about 
helpless  and  worrying. 


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LUZ  STAR-EYE'S  DREAM-JOURNEY 


Luz  took  the  little  baby  bird  in  her  arms 
and  looked  about  for  the  nest.  The  little 
mother  fluttered  her  wings  in  great  excite 
ment,  not  knowing  what  the  fairy  meant  to 
do  with  her  darling.  However,  Luz  soon 

discovered  the  nest 
on  a  branch  and  bore 
the  birdling  there. 
But  the  bird  that 
could  turn  his  face 
back  without  moving 
his  body  sat  on  an 
other  tree,  and  Luz 
followed. 

She  never  got  as  good  a  look  at  him  as 
she  wanted  to,  for  there  was  always  some 
thing  for  her  to  do.  He  seemed  to  lead  her 
just  where  she  was  needed.  She  had  been 
ever  so  busy  for  a  long  while.  A  little 
blackbird  had  broken  his  wing  and  Luz  act 
ed  as  surgeon.  She  remembered  how  her 
beloved  Doctor  Wood,  whom  she  thought  of 
as  the  brother  of  the  Cave-Man,  had  bound 


LUZ  STAR-BYE'S  DREAM-JOURNEY  75 

tip  her  sore  finger  once.  If  she  only  had  a 
little  of  his  salve  the  bird  would  soon  be  well. 
But  she  did  the  best  she  could,  and  bound 
up  the  wing  with  strong  grass  fibers.  The 
little  blackbird  lay  still  and  looked  at  her 
with  such  grateful  eyes  that  Luz's  heart  felt 
warm.  She  had  considerable  work  to  find 
a  safe  place  for  the  blackbird  to  stay  until 
he  could  fly,  and  to  find  his  family  and  make 
them  understand  how  matters  were.  The 
bird  with  the  loose  head,  however,  seemed  to 
bring  matters  right  with  his  whistling,  which 
all  the  birds  understood. 

Once  she  was  quite  frightened  when  she 
suddenly  met  a  black  hairy  tarantula,  almost 
as  big  as  herself. 

The  tarantula  was  running  about  in  a 
circle  as  if  her  wits  were  lost.  Luz  soon 
discovered  that  a  big  lump  of  clay  had  fallen 
right  over  the  entrance  to  her  hole,  and  she 
could  not  get  in.  Luz  would  have  tried  to 
remove  it,  but  she  was  afraid  of  the  mon- 


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strous  thing,  and  would  have  gone  away  if 
the  tarantula  had  not  run  all  about  her. 
Then  she  heard  a  voice  from  a  tree  saying: 
"  No  harm !  No  harm !  "  and  there  sat  a 
mocking-bird  looking  at  her.  Luz  succeeded, 
after  much  struggling,  in  heaving  away  the 
lump  of  clay  by  means  of  a  stick  used  as  a 
lever.  In  this  way  a  great  part  of  the  day 
passed.  Luz  had  helped  and  saved  all  kinds 
of  little  creatures  inhabiting  the  regions 
where  she  went,  quite  far  now  from  where 
she  started. 


LUZ  STAR-BYE'S  DREAM-JOURNEY  77 

She  looked  before  her  in  great  astonish 
ment  and  saw  a  big  tree  all  aflame.  "  I  do 
hope  that  there  are  no  birds  with  nests  in  it," 
she  said,  "  it  would  be  a  pity !  "  She  came 
nearer.  Ah !  The  tree  was  not  on  fire  — 
it  was  full  of  flowers !  It  was  a  flamboyant- 
tree.  Luz  could  not  look  at  it  long,  for  it 
dazzled  her  eyes.  She  was  near  a  road  now, 
where  she  saw  some  men  with  their  mules 
driving  to  town  with  loads  of  fruit  and  vege 
tables.  The  drivers  smacked  their  lips  to 
hurry  the  mules,  and  cried :  "  Get  up !  "  — 
("Arre!  Arre!") 

In  a  tree  sat  a  bird  that  also  cried,  "Arre ! 
Arre !  "  and  made  a  sound  like  smacking  the 
lips.  One  of  the  drivers  turned  to  see  who 
that  other  driver  was,  and  Luz  could  not 
help  laughing  at  his  sheepish  look  when  he 
saw  it  was  only  a  bird.  "  The  Arriero  fooled 
you,"  laughed  the  others. 

Luz  had  now  come  to  a  most  wonderful 
grove  of  royal  palms;  they  were  so  tall 
that  Luz  could  not  see  their  tops;  but  she 


LUZ  STAR-BYE'S  DREAM-JOURNEY  79 

saw  their  smooth  shining  trunks,  and  they 
seemed  to  her  like  the  pillars  of  a  great  tem 
ple.  "  How  beautiful,  if  it  were  true  that 
the  '  good  humans  '  the  old  elf  told  me  about 
were  living  in  this  wonderland,  and  that  this 
was  one  of  their  temples,  where  they  went 
to  pay  homage  to  their  gods  and  receive  good 
gifts  from  the  sun  and  stars.  Perhaps  it  is 
true;  I  shall  find  out." 

"  What  a  curious  big  stone  that  is  by  the 
water !  "  she  thought.  But  on  coming  near 
er  it  proved  to  be  a  turtle  lying  on  his  back 
and  unable  to  turn  over  again.  It  was  no 
use  trying  to  put  him  right,  she  knew  that. 
But  how  could  she  help?  Here  all  plans 
seemed  fruitless.  Then  she  saw  the  bird 
with  the  loose  head  sitting  on  a  branch.  He 
was  facing  towards  her,  but  the  eyes  were 
looking  intently  the  other  way  at  something. 
She  glanced  in  the  same  direction  and  saw 
nothing,  but  heard  a  rustling  sound  in  the 
bushes.  Soon  she  discovered  where  it  came 
from.  It  was  a  man  with  a  gun.  "A  blind 


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Human,"  said  Luz  to  herself.     "  I  wonder 
what  is  in  danger/' 

A  low  whistle  from  the  loose-headed  bird 
made  her  look  in  his  direction.  There  she 
saw  a  beautiful  deer,  standing  all  unconsci 
ous  of  danger,  drinking  water.  Instantly  she 
understood.  The  man  was  aiming  with  his 
gun  at  the  deer.  Like  a  flash,  Luz  was 
beside  him,  waving  her  hands  frantically  be 
fore  his  eyes.  He  could  not  see  or  hear  her, 
but  he  felt  as  if  a  shadow  came  before  his 
eyes.  The  shot  went  off,  but  in  the  wrong 
direction  —  the  deer  had  escaped. 

The  man  went  away  with  his  gun,  and 
Luz  stood  alone  trembling.  "  To  think  that 
one  could  not  even  take  a  drink  without  be 
ing  in  danger  of  one's  life,"  thought  Luz. 
"  If  we  Humans  had  to  live  in  that  way,  how 
dreadful ! " 

Now  she  went  again  to  the  turtle  and  was 
glad  the  man  had  not  seen  him.  He  was 
still  lying  on  his  back  and  had  struggled  so 


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long  to  turn  over  that  his  strength  was 
almost  spent.  Luz  sped  away  to  find  help; 
where,  she  did  not  know.  At  a  little  dis 
tance  she  saw  something  dark  between  the 
trees ;  it  came  towards  her.  She  stood  face 
to  face  with  the  deer  she  had  saved. 

The  deer  looked  at  her  with  such  a  grate 
ful  look  in  its  big  beautiful  eyes,  that  Luz's 
heart  was  happy.  She  understood  that  the 
deer  could  see  her. 

"  My  good,  kind  deer,"  she  begged,  "  there 
is  a  poor  turtle  lying  on  his  back,  powerless 
to  turn  over.  Some  one  may  come  and  do 
him  harm.  Please,  good  deer,  come  with 
me  and  help  him." 

The  deer  answered  something  which  Luz 
could  not  understand;  but  she  did  under 
stand  the  look  in  its  eyes,  and  started  off  to 
where  the  turtle  lay.  The  deer  followed. 

"  Try  to  push  him  into  the  water  with  your 
head/'  said  Luz. 

The  deer  tried,  but  the  turtle  was  very  big 


82  LUZ  STAR-EYE'S  DRBAM-JOURNBY 

and  heavy.  He  tried  with  his  feet,  but  in 
vain.  Then  saying  something  to  Luz  he  ran 
away  quick  as  a  flash.  "  I  am  sure  he  will 
come  back  and  bring  help,"  thought  Luz, 
"  otherwise  he  would  not  leave  us  like  this." 

Sure  enough,  there  was  the  deer  already 
in  sight,  and  with  him  another  deer  and  a 
little  fawn.  Luz  stroked  them  all  on  their 
heads,  and  the  little  fawn  seemed  wild  with 
delight  and  jumped  high  in  the  air. 

With  combined  efforts  the  two  deer  pushed 
and  pushed  at  the  turtle  —  a  great  splash ! 
—  both  deer  and  turtle  had  tumbled  into  the 
water.  Before  Luz  had  time  to  consider  the 
situation,  she  saw  the  turtle  right  side  up 
swimming  to  his  hole,  and  the  deer  climb 
ing  up  the  bank,  shaking  the  water  from 
their  hair. 

Luz  thought  she  had  never  seen  such  a 
dear  little  pet  as  the  baby  fawn.  It  played 
around  her.  It  stroked  her  with  its  silky 
cheek  and  showed  its  love  for  her  in  every 


LUZ  STAR-EYE'S  DREAM-JOURNEY  83 

way  it  could.  The  father  deer,  whose  life 
Luz  had  saved,  now  came  and  knelt  down 
before  her,  and  with  all  signs  possible  in 
vited  her  to  sit  on  his  back. 


"  Do  you  want  me  to  go  with  you?  "  said 
Luz,  and  the  deer  made  signs  of  happiness. 
She  sat  on  his  back  and  the  deer  instantly 
rose  up,  and  off  they  went  with  the  swiftness 
of  the  wind.  Over  rocks  and  up  hills ;  over 
deep  clefts  he  jumped;  through  brush  and 
tanglewood.  Had  Luz  not  had  a  fairy-body 
she  would  very  soon  have  been  swept  off  his 
back  and  lost  in  the  wood. 


84  LUZ  STAR-EYE'S  DREAM-JOURNEY 

At  last  he  stopped  among  some  steep  rocks 
where  big  trees  grew  up  through  the  thick 
bushes.  He  bent  the  foliage  aside  with  his 
head  and  they  entered  a  wide  grotto.  A  half 
light  shone  in  through  the  green  leaves.  The 


deer  knelt  down,  as  a  sign  that  they  had 
reached  their  destination.  Luz  stepped  be 
side  him  and  patted  his  head.  The  deer 
then  struck  three  loud  taps  on  the  rock-wall 
with  his  hoof.  Luz  saw  a  flash  of  light 
from  a  lantern  and  a  little  brown  man  stood 
before  her  in  the  cave.  He  beckoned  her 


LUZ  STAR-EYE'S  DREAM-JOURNEY  85 

to  follow.  She  hesitated,  but  when  she  saw 
the  imploring  look  in  the  deer's  eye,  she 
thought  some  one  might  be  in  need  of  her 
help;  so  she  went  with  him. 

The  little  brown  man  went  first  with  the 
lantern.  Sometimes  they  went  up  steep 
places,  sometimes  far  down.  In  some  places 
the  walls  of  the  passage  were  shining  with 
gold ;  at  others  the  light  was  reflected  from 
a  thousand  crystals.  They  had  been  going 
down  for  a  long  time,  when  he  stopped  be 
fore  a  solid  wall.  He  put  his  lantern  on  the 
ground  and  with  both  hands  played  a  tattoo 
on  the  rock-wall. 

A  door  opened  and  Luz  entered  a  small 
cave.  The  little  man  with  the  lantern  dis 
appeared.  It  was  almost  dark  in  the  cave 
and  there  was  a  wonderful  fragrance  as 
from  the  most  lovely  flowers.  But  it  was 
so  strong  that  Luz  felt  dizzy  and  sank  to  the 
floor  fast  asleep. 


86  LUZ  STAR-EYE'S  DREAM-JOURNEY 


X 


She  awoke  on  feeling  a  fresh  breeze,  with 
a  dazzling  light  in  her  eyes.  A  beautiful 
woman  bent  over  her,  whose  hair  was  black 
and  fastened  together  with  a  pearl  chain; 
her  eyes  were  black  as  night,  but  from  their 
depths  shone  the  gentle  stars.  A  faint  sug 
gestion  of  the  same  beautiful  fragrance  lin 
gered  about  her.  Luz  met  her  eyes,  and  a 
smile  as  from  an  old  friend  greeted  her. 

"  You  have  saved  the  life  of  one  of  my 
animals,"  the  woman  said  in  the  sweetest 
musical  voice,  "  tell  me  what  I  can  do  for 
you." 

"  Tell  me  who  you  are,"  said  Luz,  "  and 
how  I  can  help  those  who  are  in  need." 

A  gleaming  star-beam  shone  from  the 
woman's  eyes  as  she  answered :  "  Ma  Cuba 
is  my  name.  I  was  driven  from  my  people 
by  a  strange  tribe,  who  had  no  god-fear. 


LUZ  STAR-EYE'S  DREAM-JOURNEY  87 

They  carried  sharp  cruel  weapons,  for  which 
we  never  had  seen  the  use.  With  them  they 
killed  my  people,  who  knew  not  how  to  fight 
or  how  to  flee. 

"  In  those  days,  when  the  noble  Siboney 
was  chief  and  I  his  happy  wife,  no  one  in 
our  land  hungered;  no  one  sorrowed.  All 
were  brothers,  and  a  happy  life  was  ours. 
Now  I  hear  the  moans  of  suffering  from  my 
country,  and  the  weapons  of  warfare  are 
common  among  the  people.  Their  hearts  are 
suffocating  in  the  flesh,  and  they  worship 
in  great  houses,  but  the  God  of  Life  they  do 
not  know.  Oh,  my  people,  my  people!  I 
hear  their  woe,  and  cannot  help !  " 

"  Why  can  you  not  go  up  there  and  be 
with  the  people?  "  asked  Luz. 

"  No,  my  child,  I  cannot !  They  burned 
my  body,  and  with  this  one  I  can  neither  be 
seen  by  them,  nor  speak  to  them." 

"  Oh,  it  is  a  pity !  "  said  Luz.  "  Is  there 
no  way  ?  " 


88  LUZ  STAR-BYE'S  DREAM-JOURNEY 

"  Not  yet,"  said  Ma  Cuba  sadly.  "  I  have 
tried  many  times ;  once  I  got  born  in  a  little 
baby-body  and  was  going  to  grow  up  to  help 
the  people.  But  the  air  was  so  full  of 
strange  thoughts,  and  angry  words,  and 
selfish  acts,  that  I  could  not  live  there  more 
than  one  week.  The  one  who  had  become 
my  mother  was  a  good  woman.  I  was  sorry 
not  to  stay  as  her  child  and  make  her  happy." 

"  Could  you  not  send  me  to  do  something 
for  you?  "  said  Luz.  "  I  shall  try  to  do  what 
you  say." 

Ma  Cuba  looked  at  Luz  for  a  long  time 
in  silence.  Then  she  said :  "  I  see  Great 
Good  Powers  protecting  you  and  leading 
your  steps;  it  may  be  the  same  shall  help 
my  land  if  the  time  be  ripe.  Go  child,  visit 
the  world  of  men;  then  return  and  tell  me 
what  hopeful  signs  you  see." 

Ma  Cuba  took  a  beautiful  gem  from  her 
girdle  and  fastened  it  on  Luz's  breast.  "  It 
will  give  you  power  to  understand  the  Ian- 


LUZ  STAR-EYE'S  DREAM-JOURNEY  89 

guage  of  animals  and  birds;  this  you  have 
earned."  She  tapped  on  a  crystal  globe  and 
the  same  little  brown  earth-man  appeared 
with  the  lantern. 

Luz  looked  at  Ma  Cuba,  and  the  wish  to 
stay  longer  shone  in  her  eyes. 

"  I  must  go  and  attend  to  my  flowers," 
said  Ma  Cuba.  "  The  time  for  them  is  soon 
at  hand." 

"  Where  are  your  flowers  ?  "  asked  Luz. 

"  They  are  above  earth,"  said  Ma  Cuba, 
"  but  I  prepare  their  fragrance  here  in  my 
laboratory.  They  open  at  midnight  when  all 
is  still,  and  the  perfumes  which  I  send  up 
through  them  are  my  earnest  prayers  for  the 
welfare  of  my  people.  They  float  out  over 
the  sleeping  and  give  good  dreams  to  little 
children,  making  them  long  for  noble 
things." 

Ma  Cuba  motioned  for  Luz  to  follow  the 
little  brown  man,  and  soon  all  was  dark  ex 
cept  for  the  lantern.  After  some  time  she 


90  LUZ  STAR-BYE'S  DREAM-JOURNEY 

saw  they  were  out  in  an  open  field,  and  it 
was  night.  The  sky  was  illumined  with  myr 
iads  of  stars,  and  they  shone  so  near  and 
brilliant  that  Luz  thought  of  the  old  elf's 
"  human  tale,"  and  that  good  gifts,  sent 
through  their  rays  to  "  Good  Humans,"  must 
be  nigh. 

The  little  brown  man  with  the  lantern  had 
disappeared,  and  Luz  stood  alone.  What 
was  she  to  do  ?  Where  was  she  to  go  ?  Then 
—  she  remembered  Vestra. 

She  felt  in  a  difficult  position.  Had  she 
not  promised  Vestra  to  come  to  her  that 
night,  and  had  she  not  also  promised  Ma 
Cuba  to  do  her  errand? 

"  If  I  now  go  to  find  Vestra  it  might 
take  me  a  long  time,  and  I  might  forget  the 
mission  of  Ma  Cuba.  What  shall  I  do?" 

But  now  she  readily  remembered  the  Cave- 
Man's  stone  and  took  it  in  her  hand.  "  I 
wonder  what  I  ought  to  do?  "  she  thought. 
"  I  must  do  that  which  will  do  the  most  good, 


LUZ  STAR-EYE'S  DREAM-JOURNEY  91 

Vestra  will  be  disappointed  and  consider  me 
as  breaking  my  promise  —  but  she  is  only 
one,  and  in  good  care,  while  poor  Ma  Cuba's 
people  —  Yes,  I  shall  let  nothing  take  the 
interest  of  her  cause  from  me.  I  must  suffer 
for  breaking  my  promise  with  Vestra."  So 
saying,  Luz  prepared  to  find  a  resting  place 
until  the  light  of  day  should  lead  her  to  the 
haunts  of  men. 


XI 


'  You  are  welcome  to  sleep  in  my  bed,  as 
I  am  not  going  to  use  it  before  daylight," 
said  a  funny  voice  near  by,  and  Luz  saw  to 
her  surprise  that  it  came  from  an  Owl.  Of 
course,  she  remembered  the  gem  which  Ma 
Cuba  had  given  her.  It  gave  her  great  joy 
to  think  she  really  could  understand  the 
birds.  She  had  always  heard  the  owl  spoken 
of  as  wise,  and  so  she  thought  she  would  tell 


92 


LUZ  STAR-EYE'S  DREAM-JOURNEY 


him  of  her  troubles  and  hear  what  he  would 
say. 

"Why  don't  you  send  a  messenger  to  Vest- 
ra?"  said  the  Owl. 

"Oh,"  said  Luz,  "can  I  do  that?    Who 
can  I  send  ?  " 


"  In  the  mountains,"  said  the  Owl,  "  there 
lives  a  good  fairy  by  the  name  of  Hada 
Silfide,  and  she  knows  all  about  human  life 
and  has  the  power  to  change  herself  into  the 
shape  of  a  bluebird,  a  lizard,  or  an  ant,  and 
she  often  goes  among  the  human  children  to 
bring  them  fairy  luck  if  they  are  kind  to 


LUZ  STAR-EYE'S  DREAM-JOURNEY  93 

animals,  which  she  has  under  her  protec 
tion." 

Luz  was  overjoyed  at  the  proposition  and 
thanked  the  good  Owl  again  and  again.  The 
Owl  brought  some  beakfuls  of  rose-petals 
with  which  he  made  a  nice  bed  for  Luz  in 
his  nest,  and  wishing  her  sweet  dreams  he 
started  out  to  find  Hada  Silfide. 

Luz  fell  asleep  immediately.  After  some 
time  she  was  awakened  by  hearing  peculiar 
sounds,  as  from  a  lot  of  horses.  She  peeped 
out  from  the  owl's  nest  and  thought  that  in 
all  her  experiences  since  she  had  been  a  fairy, 
this  was  the  strangest  of  all.  There,  not  far 
away  on  a  rock  seat,  sat  a  man.  He  was  tall 
and  stately,  with  black  hair ;  in  his  hand  was 
a  scepter  with  a  bunch  of  golden  feathers 
at  the  top.  On  either  side  of  him  in  double 
lines  stood  elves  with  beautiful  faces.  Each 
one  had  a  little  light  like  a  star  twinkling 
from  his  breast.  They  were  beautifully 
dressed  in  blue,  rose,  white,  and  violet. 
Each  one  held  a  small  flute  in  his  hand. 


LUZ  STAR-BYE'S  DREAM-JOURNEY  95 

Luz  saw  one  after  another  of  the  elves 
step  forward  and  stand  before  the  great  one, 
seeming  to  speak  and  answer  questions. 
Then  each  one  went  away,  but  soon  returned 
seated  on  a  horse.  They  passed  before  the 
king.  The  horses  all  belonged  to  humans. 
Some  walked  with  light  steps  as  if  they  had 
danced.  Their  backs  were  broad  and  shin 
ing.  Their  heads  were  lifted  high,  and  life 
and  courage  shone  from  their  brown  eyes. 
Others  had  packs  on  their  backs,  or  saddles 
and  reins  dragging,  and  looked  tired.  Their 
eyes  were  dull  and  spiritless.  Some  were 
sad-looking  and  dirty,  and  seemed  only  skin 
and  bones.  When  all  had  gone  the  king  and 
the  elves  were  again  as  before.  Then  a 
cloud  passed  over  the  moon  and  Luz  saw 
nothing  but  the  little  elf-lights.  When  the 
moon  came  back  all  had  disappeared. 

Luz  waited  for  the  Owl  to  come  back. 
Perhaps  he  would  know  and  tell  her  what 
all  this  meant.  She  thought  it  unwise  to 
leave  his  nest  for  fear  he  might  not  find  her 


96  LUZ  STAR-EYE'S  DREAM-JOURNEY 

when  he  came  back.  At  the  break  of  day  he 
returned.  Luz  told  him  all  that  she  had  seen 
and  the  Owl  nodded  his  head  knowingly  un 
til  she  had  finished.  Then  he  seated  him 
self  in  a  comfortable  position,  smoothed  his 
feathers,  and  told  her  this: 

Each  moon  at  a  certain  time,  Siboney,  the 
good  king  of  old,  comes  and  holds  an  assem 
bly  with  his  army  of  good  elves.  They  have 
different  meeting-places  all  over  the  islands. 
The  horses  are  his  animals.  At  these  meet 
ings  each  elf  who  guards  one  of  the  horses 
steps  up  to  report  to  the  king.  If  the  horse 
is  kindly  treated  and  cared  for  by  the  owner, 
the  elf  in  return  protects  him  from  the  "  bru- 
jos,"  and  his  household  prospers.  But,  if 
the  horses  have  been  treated  cruelly,  and  not 
given  enough  rest  and  food,  Siboney  lifts 
his  golden  scepter,  his  brow  darkens,  and 
with  a  voice  as  coming  from  a  thunder 
cloud  he  speaks.  No  punishment  does  he 
lay  on  the  owners  of  these  mistreated  ani 
mals  ;  but  the  protection  of  his  elves  he  with- 


LUZ  STAR-EYE'S  DREAM-JOURNEY  97 

draws.  Come  "  Brujos  "  as  they  may  to 
steal  or  do  harm,  no  good  elf  would  dare  to 
lift  his  wand  to  fight  them  away,  and  the 
people  drop  lower  and  lower  in  misery.  The 
horses  are  brought  from  fields  and  enclos 
ures  by  the  elves,  and  pass  for  inspection 
before  the  king.  The  little  flutes,  carried 
by  the  elves,  are  to  make  music  to  charm 
away  the  "  brujos."  When  they  hear  it  they 
scream  and  hold  their  fingers  in  their  ears. 
They  cannot  endure  it,  but  flee  as  fast  as 
they  can.  Each  tone  makes  them  feel  like 
being  sawed  in  pieces  with  a  dull  wood-saw. 

The  Owl  told  Luz  that  he  had  found  the 
fairy,  and  she  had  been  willing  to  take  the 
message  to  Vestra.  Not  before  half  a  sun 
had  passed,  however,  could  she  be  here  as 
she  was  going  to  visit  two  little  brothers  in 
a  near-by  town.  They  had  saved  a  big  frog 
from  being  hurt  by  an  ignorant  woman.  A 
little  good  elf  in  the  service  of  Siboney  had 
been  in  the  shape  of  the  frog,  and  it  was  he 
who  then  had  asked  Hada  Silfide  to  visit 


98  LUZ  STAR-EYE'S  DREAM-JOURNEY 

the  brothers  and  give  them  the  fairy  luck. 

Luz  consulted  the  Owl  as  to  how  she  could 
best  do  the  wishes  of  Ma  Cuba.  After  some 
lengthy  discussion  they  decided  that  the  best 
thing  was  for  Luz  to  go  all  over  the  island, 
not  staying  long  at  any  place.  And  then 
—  what  a  lot  of  nice  hopeful  things  she 
would  have  to  tell  Ma  Cuba !  It  would  give 
her  courage  to  go  on  sending  up  her  prayers. 


XII 

Hada  Silfide  had  come  to  Luz  and  now 
sped  to  find  Vestra.  Hada  was  to  meet  her 
in  the  shape  of  a  bluebird,  tell  Vestra  who 
she  really  was,  and  bring  the  greetings  from 
Luz.  She  was  going  to  tell  Vestra  stories 
and  perhaps  make  her  acquainted  with  some 
bright  little  fairy  that  would  have  time  to 
stay  with  her  and  be  her  companion. 


LUZ  STAR-EYE'S  DREAM-JOURNEY  99 

Luz  had  said  farewell  to  the  good  Owl  and 
started  on  her  trip  around  the  Islands.  She 
felt  shy  going  to  meet  men  now,  since  she 
had  been  so  long  away  from  their  life. 

By  this  time  she  had  grown  so  used  to 
the  fairy-body  that  she  almost  forgot  this 
kind  of  life  was  not  really  her  own.  The 
Owl  offered  to  go  with  her,  but  fearing  he 
would  be  seen  by  people  and  be  hurt,  per 
haps  killed,  Luz  thought  it  better  to  go 
alone.  She  met  her  friends  the  deer  and 
the  little  fawn,  and  had  the  pleasure  now 
of  being  able  to  understand  their  talk.  They 
also  would  have  followed  her  had  it  not  been 
for  the  same  reason;  Luz  did  not  want  to 
endanger  their  lives  any  more,  by  taking 
them  near  the  houses  of  men. 

So  Luz  went  alone.  She  felt  it  a  very 
solemn  mission,  the  one  Ma  Cuba  had  given 
her;  because,  might  it  not  in  some  way  be 
that  Ma  Cuba  could  return  to  her  people, 
if  a  place  were  found  where  she  could  live 


100          LUZ  STAR-EYE'S  DREAM-JOURNEY 

and  grow  up?  Luz  hoped  there  was;  the 
land  was  so  very  beautiful. 

Luz  had  not  far  to  go  before  she  met 
some  people.  There  was  a  nice  house  with 
a  garden  back  of  it.  On  the  shaded  veranda 
sat  three  young  girls  in  pretty  pink  and 
white  dresses.  They  were  laughing  and 
chatting  merrily  and  were  very  good  friends 
and  school-mates,  as  Luz  understood  from 
their  conversation.  They  spoke  of  other 
girls  and  boys  in  their  school,  and  told  each 
other  many  things  which  only  they  knew 
about  those  others.  She  listened  intently, 
because  she  thought  that  in  this  way  she 
could  gather  knowledge  about  the  character 
of  the  people  without  having  to  visit  so  many 
places.  Presently  one  of  the  girls  went  into 
the  house,  while  the  others  kept  on  with  their 
conversation  as  before. 

"  We  shall  not  have  Josefina  with  us  to 
morrow  when  we  go  to  Matilda's  party/' 
said  one  of  the  girls.  "  She  and  Amalia 
talked  bad  things  about  me  in  school  today. 


LUZ  STAR-EYE'S  DREAM-JOURNEY  101 

I  was  very  angry  with  them.  And  I  had 
given  Josefina  my  blue  bead-ring  too,  and 
was  so  nice  to  her." 

"  How  mean !  "  said  the  other  girl.  "  In 
deed  we  shall  not  have  her  with  us.  What 
did  they  say?" 

"I  was  not  near  enough  to  hear  what  they 
said;  but  I  heard  my  name  several  times, 
and  they  stared  after  me.  No,  only  you  and 
I  and  Maria  shall  go." 

At  this  moment  Maria  came  back  from 
the  house,  but  as  she  heard  her  name  men 
tioned  she  stopped  and  said  in  a  sarcastic 
tone,  "  I  am  not  wanted,  I  see.  I  shall  go 
back  in,  so  that  you  may  have  your  pleasure." 

"What  is  the  matter?"  cried  both  girls. 

"  Oh,  you  are  pretending  not  to  know,  but 
I  tell  you,  you  cannot  fool  me.  I  heard  you 
talking  about  me,  and  I  thought  you  were 
my  friends." 

"  But  we  only  said  we  were  going  together 
to  the  party  tomorrow." 


102  LUZ  STAR-EYE'S  DREAM-JOURNEY 

Maria  would  not  listen.  She  ended  by 
saying  she  would  never  speak  to  them  again, 
and  went  away  with  a  haughty  air. 

Luz  forgot  for  the  moment  that  she  was 
a  fairy,  and  followed  her.  She  wanted  to 
tell  her  that  the  girls  had  not  spoken  ill  of 
her;  that  she  had  heard  all  and  could  wit 
ness  to  the  truth.  But  Luz  soon  found  that 
she  herself  could  neither  be  seen,  nor  heard. 
Alas !  She  began  now  to  realize  the  use  she 
would  make  of  a  human  body.  But  still  she 
followed  Maria  in  the  hope  that  somehow 
she  would  help  her  to  understand. 

Her  mother  was  sitting  in  a  rocking-chair 
holding  the  baby  in  her  arms,  and  a  beautiful 
boy  of  five  was  playing  at  her  side.  Maria 
told  her  mother  that  the  two  neighbor-girls 
had  said  bad  things  about  her  and  that  she 
would  not  speak  to  them  again.  She  threw 
herself  on  the  sofa  and  cried. 

"  My  darling,  don't  cry,"  said  the  mother. 
"  I  see  now  why  it  was  that  their  mother 


LUZ  STAR-EYE'S  DREAM-JOURNEY  103 

got  Luisa  a  silk  dress.  She  thought  I  could 
not  afford  to  buy  one  for  my  girl ;  but  you 
are  going  to  have  a  much  prettier  one. 
Don't  cry,  darling!  Miguelito!"  she  called 
to  the  little  boy,  "If  Mama  ever  sees  you 
playing  with  Luisa's  brother  I  shall  tell 
your  father  and  he  will  be  very  angry  with 
you." 

"  But  Pepe  is  nice,"  said  Miguelito.  "  We 
have  great  fun." 

"  Not  a  word  more ;  you  should  obey  your 
Mama." 

Luz  saw  that  there  was  no  way  to  be  un 
derstood  by  them,  and  she  felt  so  sorry.  She 
took  the  Cave-Man's  stone  to  console  herself. 
All  were  misunderstanding  each  other.  Why 
did  they  think  that  others  said  bad  things  of 
them  ?  They  might  just  as  well  have  thought 
they  said  something  good.  It  must  be  be 
cause  they  had  spoken  ill  of  others  them 
selves,  that  they  grew  so  suspicious. 

"  The  little  baby  which  the  mother  holds 


104          LUZ  STAR-EYE'S  DREAM-JOURNEY 

in  her  arms  will  learn  these  untrue  things 
from  the  very  beginning  and  know  nothing 
else."  Luz  went  near  and  petted  its  little 
hands  and  stroked  the  silky  curls,  while  she 
still  held  the  Cave-Man's  stone  in  her  hand. 
How  wonderful!  As  Luz  looked  into  the 
baby-eyes  she  saw  that  some  one  lived  in  that 
body,  some  one  wise  and  beautiful.  She 
understood  how  this  soul  had  lived  in  a  body 
before,  and  had  learned  many  things  before 
the  body  died,  and  was  now  here  again  in 
a  new  house  or  little  baby-body  which  this 
mother  took  care  of. 

The  sorrowful  thoughts  she  had  felt  be 
fore  were  gone,  and  she  was  glowing  with 
happiness.  "  Perhaps  this  is  one  of  the  good 
heroes  come  again  to  help  the  country,"  she 
thought.  "  How  great  and  wonderful !  Oh, 
could  I  but  tell  the  mother,  how  happy  she 
would  be,  and  how  careful !  " 

Luz  touched  the  mother  very  lovingly  with 
her  little  fairy-hands,  and  looking  into  her 
eyes  she  said  with  her  voice  ringing  with 


LUZ  STAR-EYE'S  DREAM-JOURNEY  105 

joy :  "  Your  baby  is  a  beautiful  Soul,  per 
haps  it  is  one  of  the  noble-hearted  men,  one 
who  is  to  do  great  work  for  the  country ! " 

The  mother-soul  looked  through  the  eyes, 
it  understood,  but  there  was  a  shade  of  sad 
ness  before  it,  instead  of  the  joy  Luz  had 
expected  to  see. 

"  Please,  dear  mother,"  pleaded  Luz,  "  do 
not  let  this  little  baby-body  grow  into  habits 
of  selfishness  and  suspicion,  because  then  the 
hero-soul  cannot  use  it,  and  must  go  away 
as  did  Ma  Cuba." 

"  Speak  for  me,"  cried  the  mother-soul. 
"  Oh,  speak  for  me  to  my  body-self,  that  it 
may  understand !  I  have  tried  in  vain  these 
thirty  years  to  make  it  hear.  I  am  an  artist 
and  love  the  glorious  colors  and  the  sublime 
beauty  of  nature.  I  came  to  earth  to  make 
the  splendor  I  had  seen  in  the  heavenly 
dreams,  into  pictures,  to  make  the  world 
glow  with  wonder  and  happiness.  The  one 
who  was  my  mother  did  not  understand  my 
mission. 


106          LUZ  STAR-EYE'S  DREAM-JOURNEY 

"  When  I  tried  to  express  my  longing  for 
beauty  in  my  child  language,  she  gave  me 
gay  ribbons  and  delicate  lace,  and  dressed 
me  in  pretty  frocks ;  and  all  the  friends  said 
how  sweet  I  looked.  So  my  little  body-self 
became  so  used  to  thinking  that  it  was 
beauty  itself,  and  so  disobedient  and  selfish, 
that  I  could  not  make  it  hear  a  word.  When 
I  longed  to  express  to  the  world  the  joy  and 
beauty  of  life,  it  decked  itself  in  finery  and 
showed  —  itself.  When  I  longed  to  have  it 
see  the  beauty  in  nature,  it  went  before  a 
looking-glass  admiring  —  itself.  Whenever 
I  wanted  to  teach  the  children  in  my  care  to 
obey  the  soul,  that  they  might  not  miss  their 
destiny  as  I  have  done,  then  my  body-self 
hugged  them  to  itself  and  cried :  '  They  are 
mine !  My  own,  to  do  with  as  I  will '  —  and 
soon  also  they  could  not  hear  the  heaven- 
voice  of  the  soul.  Speak  to  me !  Oh,  speak 
to  me,  that  my  body-self  may  hear ! " 

Luz  listened  to  the  mother  in  pity  and 
astonishment.  She  felt  so  wonderfully  re- 


LUZ  STAR-EYE'S  DREAM-JOURNEY  107 

lated  to  her.  Was  the  mother  not  in  the 
same  position  as  she  herself,  who  could  make 
no  one  hear  or  see  her  now?  She  hoped 
most  fervently  that  when  she  was  back  in 
her  own  human  body  she  would  remember 
to  listen  to  the  voice  of  her  soul-self. 

Luz  tried  in  vain  to  make  the  body-self 
of  the  mother  hear.  She  sat  as  before,  rock 
ing  the  baby  in  her  arms,  and  now  feeling 
very  sad;  but  she  thought  it  was  that  the 
neighbors  had  spoken  ill  of  her  children. 
The  little  boy  sat  gloomy  in  a  corner,  and 
Luz  went  to  his  side.  She  understood  now 
that  it  was  her  touch,  when  she  had  the 
Cave-Man's  stone  in  her  hand,  which  gave 
her  the  power  to  speak  to  their  souls. 

"  I  love  Pepe,"  said  the  soul  of  the  boy. 
'  We  were  real  brothers  before,  and  had  the 
same  parents,  and  we  lived  so  happily  in  one 
house.  He  lost  his  life  in  a  battle  ages  ago 
to  save  our  country.  Pepe  is  a  hero.  Oh, 
tell  her  who  is  now  my  mother  to  let  Pepe 
and  me  love  each  other." 


108          LUZ  STAR-EYB'S  DRBAM-JOURNEY 

Maria  lay  yet  sobbing  on  the  couch,  but 
when  Luz  touched  her  she  became  quiet,  and 
it  was  as  if  a  ray  of  happiness  had  lighted 
her  face.  Luz  also  felt  the  joy  steal  through 
her  own  being,  she  knew  not  why. 

"  I  know  you,"  said  the  soul  of  Maria. 
"  We  have  loved  each  other  before,  I  am 
so  happy  to  meet  you."  Then  Luz  also  knew. 

"  Luisa  did  not  speak  ill  of  you,"  said  Luz, 
"  I  came  to  tell  you." 

"  I  know  it,"  said  Maria,  "  but  I  cannot 
make  my  body-self  hear  me,  it  has  grown 
so  disobedient  and  heavy.  And  I  meant  to 
train  it  so  as  to  make  all  the  wonderful 
poetry  which  I  have  heard  in  the  heaven- 
world.  Oh,  it  is  so  beautiful  that  it  would 
make  the  world  shine  with  happiness  and 
song.  You  who  are  my  old  friend,  speak  to 
me,  speak  to  my  body-self,  make  me  listen  to 
myself  and  you  shall  know  the  happiness  of 
thousands  of  people." 

Luz  tried,  but  was  not  heard,  yet  Maria 
lay  quiet  and  thinking.  Soon  she  arose  and 


LUZ  STAR-BYE'S  DREAM-JOURNBY  109 

said,  "  Mother,  I  do  not  think  Luisa  said 
anything  bad  about  me;  I  shall  go  and  tell 
her  so."  And  she  went  out,  while  the  little 
Miguelito  with  happy  face  turned  to  his 
mother  and  said,  "  May  I  go  to  Pepe  now?  " 

"  Yes,  go  my  boy,"  said  the  mother,  and 
there  was  a  happy  light  in  her  eyes. 


XIII 

Full  of  a  new-born  joy  and  hope  Luz 
left  them.  She  must  see  more,  she  knew  now 
how  to  speak  to  those  she  met,  and  she  would 
have  so  many  beautiful  things  to  tell  Ma 
Cuba. 

A  fine  carriage  was  rolling  along  the  road 
and  in  it  sat  a  man.  He  was  deep  in  thought 
and  his  brow  was  furrowed.  Luz  wondered 
what  troubled  him  and  thought  that  perhaps 
she  might  help,  and  was  at  his  side  in  a 
moment. 


110          LUZ  STAR-EYE'S  DREAM-JOURNEY 

He  was  a  statesman,  and  the  care  of  im 
portant  things  in  the  government  weighed 
on  his  mind.  The  country  was  in  a  very 
critical  condition.  He  knew  it  and  was  will 
ing  to  give  all  his  time  and  ability  to  its 
service;  but  what  could  one  do?  This  he 
was  asking  himself  over  and  over  as  he  sat 
there. 

LUZ  touched  him  gently  with  the  Cave- 
Man's  stone  in  her  hand,  and  his  soul  looked 
out  from  his  eyes  and  spoke  to  her. 

"  I  can  see  all  that  our  country  needs,"  he 
said.  "  I  see  it  now.  But  how  shall  I  make 
my  body-self  understand?  It  has  grown  too 
old  in  the  habit  of  obeying  its  own  brain- 
mind  alone.  Speak  to  it  that  it  may  under 
stand  !  For  the  sake  of  my  beloved  country 
do  it,  and  all  shall  be  well/7 

"Oh,  that  I  could,"  cried  Luz,  "but  I 
have  not  the  power.  I  know  now  that  to 
speak  to  other  body-selves  we  need  the  body, 
and  I  cannot  have  mine  yet." 


LUZ  STAR-EYE'S  DREAM-JOURNEY  111 

"  Then,"  said  he,  "  try  to  find  some  one 
who  can  make  himself  heard  and  obeyed  by 
his  own  body-self,  and  beg  that  one  to  speak 
to  us.  Such  are  the  ones  who  would  rightly 
govern  the  people." 

All  these  things  were  so  new  and  great  to 
Luz  that  she  went  to  sit  alone  and  think  it 
all  over,  to  find  out  what  was  best  to  do. 
She  thought  how  important  it  would  be  to 
the  country  of  Ma  Cuba,  if  she  could  find 
some  one  who  was  obeyed  by  his  body-self. 
She  decided  to  do  her  best  in  searching. 

While  she  sat  thus  thinking  she  was  sur 
prised  to  see  a  man  sitting  under  a  tree  a 
short  distance  away.  He  was  of  a  stately 
and  refined  bearing  and  his  features  were 
noble  and  gentle.  He  was  not  alone.  All 
around  him  were  children,  youths,  and  men 
and  women  of  all  ages.  A  little  child  had 
climbed  on  his  knee,  another  one  came  tip 
toeing  from  behind,  stroking  his  sleeve  with 
his  little  sun-brown  hand. 


112          LUZ  STAR-EYE'S  DREAM-JOURNEY 

Luz  saw  how  the  man  taught  the  people 
to  read  and  write  and  count.  Not  far  off 
his  horse  was  browsing  the  long  grass,  and 
there  was  a  sack  filled  with  books  and  slates 
and  pencils,  and  things  needed  for  school, 
which  the  good  man  had  brought  with  him. 

He  told  the  people  about  the  history  of 
their  country;  he  patiently  advised  them  in 
their  difficulties;  he  lit  in  their  hearts  the 
desire  to  be  righteous,  and  to  make  their 
country  free  and  respected  among  the  na 
tions. 

All  this  Luz  understood  while  she  yet  held 
the  Cave-Man's  stone  in  her  hand.  She  saw 
the  people  go  away  happier  than  they  had 
come.  They  disappeared  in  the  shadows 
behind,  and  others  came  in  their  place,  until 
Luz  thought  she  had  seen  thousands  pass. 

He  must  be  one  whose  body-self  obeys  his 
soul.  She  arose  to  go  to  him,  but  as  she 
neared  —  all  disappeared  as  if  melted  into 
shadows.  It  was  a  picture  from  the  past. 


LUZ  STAR-EYE'S  DREAM-JOURNEY 


113 


"  What  are  you  thinking  so  deeply  about  ?" 
asked  a  little  cat,  sitting  looking  at  her. 

Luz  told  him  of  the  picture  she  had  seen. 
"  Well,"  said  the  cat,  "  there  are  many 


good  people  now  too.  My  mistress  is  the 
best  one  of  all.  She  gave  me  food  and  let 
me  live  with  her  when  I  was  hungry  and 
homeless.  Come  and  see  her !  " 


114          LUZ  STAR-EYE'S  DREAM-JOURNEY 

Luz  followed  the  cat,  and  they  soon  came 
to  a  low  house  with  a  little  tobacco  field 
behind  it.  A  black-and-white  goat  was  tied 
with  a  rope  and  ate  of  the  grass  by  the  wall. 
Inside  sat  a  little  boy  on  a  stool  with  a  crutch 
by  his  side.  He  had  broken  a  leg,  and  as 
no  one  had  tied  it  up  and  taken  care  of  it 
he  now  had  great  pain,  and  grew  constantly 
worse.  Besides  the  boy  there  was  a  woman, 
a  girl,  and  an  old  man  who  lay  in  a  bed. 

The  woman  went  out  and  petted  the  goat 
murmuring  to  herself:  "  Yes,  I  must  do  it! 
In  a  week  it  is  Santa  Benita's  day  and  I 
shall  go  to  church  and  pray  her  to  make 
the  boy  well.  I  must  take  the  goat  and  sell 
it  to  give  to  the  Saint;  I  have  nothing  else/' 

The  woman  stroked  the  goat  and  tears  fell 
on  the  shaggy  coat.  It  was  hard  to  part 
with  it.  It  was  their  only  treasure,  loved  as 
one  of  the  family;  its  milk  was  helping  to 
keep  them.  The  little  sick  boy  was  not  her 
own  child,  but  she  had  taken  him  when  his 
parents  died,  for  he  had  no  home.  She  had 


LUZ  STAR-EYE'S  DREAM-JOURNEY          115 

also  her  old   father  and  her  daughter  to 
support,  and  she  was  very  poor. 

"  She  is  a  kind,  unselfish  woman,"  said 
Luz  to  the  cat.  "  I  wish  I  could  speak  to 
her  body-self.  There  are  a  lot  of  things 
which  I  have  seen  growing,  that  I  could  tell 
her  to  plant  in  her  little  field.  It  would 
give  plenty  of  food  the  year  round.  Is  it  not 
a  pity  that  I  cannot  make  her  hear  me  ?  " 

"  Same  with  me,"  said  the  cat. 

Luz  went  to  the  old  woman  and  lovingly 
touched  her  with  the  Cave-Man's  stone. 

The  Soul  of  the  good  woman  looked  at  her 
silently  so  long  that  Luz  thought  she  could 
not  speak,  but  then  a  beautiful  light  came 
into  her  eyes  and  she  said: 

"  Had  I  the  power  in  my  body-self  to  tell 
what  I  know,  the  people  whom  I  meet  would 
have  light  instead  of  darkness.  I  have  lived 
many  times  before  on  the  earth  and  learned 
many  things;  now  I  have  to  learn  to  be 
humble.  I  have  seen  many  God-men  live 


116          LUZ  STAR-EYE'S  DREAM-JOURNEY 

among  the  people.  They  have  always  been 
sent  in  time  of  need,  to  live  among  the  people 
and  lead  them  right." 

"  There  is  need  of  them  now,  I  have  seen 
and  heard  it,  but  where  are  they  ?  "  asked 
Luz. 

"  Search !  There  is  sure  to  be  some  one, 
I  know  it,"  said  the  Soul. 

"  How  shall  I  know  the  right  one?  "  asked 
Luz. 

"  Know  them  by  their  work.  They  bring 
justice  where  there  is  injustice;  kindness 
where  there  is  hatred  and  fighting;  know 
ledge,  where  there  is  ignorance.  They  know 
how  to  speak  through  the  body-self,  which 
they  have  taught  to  do  always  as  the  Soul 
directs;  and  they  teach  the  people  to  do  the 
same. 

"  Their  lives  are  as  noble  as  their  teach 
ings.  They  do  nothing  for  the  sake  of  pay 
ment,  or  in  order  to  obtain  honor  or  riches 
for  themselves." 


LUZ  STAR-BYE'S  DREAM-JOURNEY          117 

"  I  must  find  some  God-men/'  cried  Luz. 
"  I  have  promised  to  try/' 

"  Go  and  search  for  them,  dear  child,  and 
the  country  shall  bless  you/' 


XIV 

Luz  sat  among  the  flowers  of  a  jasmine 
bush,  thinking.  She  had  much  to  think  of. 
For  a  long  time  she  had  mingled  with  the 
people,  always  searching  for  some  one  whose 
body-self  obeyed  his  Soul. 

She  had  seen  hundreds  of  men,  women, 
and  children.  Some  had  lived  in  poor  little 
huts,  others  in  rich  houses  and  palaces. 
Some  were  simple  ignorant  people,  others 
were  learned;  some  were  struggling  in 
wrong-doing,  some  were  kind  and  unselfish; 
some  were  hateful,  others  loving.  She  had 
spoken  to  the  Soul  of  each  one  and  almost 


118  LUZ  STAR-EYE'S  DREAM-JOURNEY 

all  had  answered  her.  But  to  those  whose 
hearts  were  filled  with  unforgiving  hate,  to 
those  who  were  cruel  to  defenseless  animals, 
and  to  those  who  were  cruel  to  little  children, 
she  had  not  been  able  to  speak. 

What  she  had  seen  and  heard  filled  her 
with  wonder.  Happiness  and  hope  for  Ma 
Cuba  swelled  in  her  heart  when  she  heard 
the  voices  of  all  these  noble  Souls.  It  was 
a  great,  beautiful  world  that  had  been  opened 
before  her  eyes,  and  she  understood  what 
mighty  things  people  can  do. 

Yet  when  she  now  sat  among  the  jasmine- 
flowers  in  a  garden,  her  thoughts  were  sad 
as  well  as  happy.  It  was  two  worlds  that 
she  saw  in  the  same  person.  When  Ma 
Cuba  asked  about  her  people,  what  should 
Luz  answer? 

She  would  tell  her  that  they  were  wise 
and  good ;  they  were  devoted  to  high  ideals, 
and  to  the  great  Soul-Teachers.  They  were 
finding  their  pleasures  in  art  and  poetry; 


LUZ  STAR-EYE'S  DREAM-JOURNEY  119 

in  music  and  the  beauty  of  nature.  They 
were  self-sacrificing,  kind  and  loving  to  each 
other;  no  one  misunderstood  the  other;  no 
one  spoke  evil  of  another.  They  had  heroic 
courage  to  defend  right  and  justice;  they 
were  lovers  of  truth.  Such  was  the  charac 
ter  of  Ma  Cuba's  people.  How  happy  she 
would  be!  How  she  would  send  thanks  to 
heaven  through  the  fragrance  of  her  flowers ! 
How  then  could  Luz  bear  to  tell  her  that 
her  people,  on  the  other  side  of  their  nature 
—  the  outside  —  had  many  of  the  opposites 
to  these  qualities;  that  they  were  blind  to 
that  beautiful  side  of  their  nature ;  and  that 
she  had,  as  yet,  found  no  one  who  could  see 
clearly  enough  on  that  side  to  restore  the 
sight  of  others,  though  she  had  met  many 
who  could  almost  see? 

She  would  tell  Ma  Cuba  of  the  great 
riches  in  nature  everywhere.  Mines  of  gold, 
silver,  and  of  copper  in  the  mountains ;  beau 
tiful  crystals  and  precious  stones.  All  kinds 
of  trees  with  wonderful  fruits  for  food  and 


120          LUZ  STAR-EYE'S  DREAM-JOURNEY 

for  refreshment,  which  grew  in  abundance 
everywhere,  even  without  being  planted. 
There  grew  cacao,  sugar,  coffee,  rice,  and 
countless  other  good  things.  Her  mind  lost 
itself  in  the  profusion  of  it  all. 

The  jasmine-bush  grew  in  the  garden  of 
a  house,  and  as  Luz  sat  there  she  saw  a 
girl  coming  out.  She  had  a  school-bag  with 
books  in  her  hand,  and  went  over  to  the  jas 
mine-bush  and  picked  the  prettiest  blossoms 
she  could  find.  Then  she  picked  roses  and 
begonias  and  arranged  them  all  in  a  bunch 
which  she  carried  in  her  hand  as  she  went 
out  into  the  street. 

"  I  know  that  she  is  going  to  school," 
thought  Luz.  "  I  shall  go  with  her.  Per 
haps  there  I  shall  see  something  hopeful  to 
tell  Ma  Cuba." 

Luz  followed  the  girl  and  soon  they  en 
tered  a  gate  and  went  into  the  patio  of  a 
big  house.  They  stepped  on  the  veranda  and 
entered  a  great  palatial  house  which  seemed 


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121 


more  like  a  fine  home  than  a  school.  There 
were  lots  of  pretty  flowers  and  lovely  plants, 
beautiful  urns  and  vases,  pictures,  all  kinds 
of  little  hand-made  things,  objects  of  art, 


to  make  one  feel  that  those  living  there  were 
artists,  lovers  of  the  beautiful,  and  pupils 
of  Mother  Nature. 

Luz  had  a  strong  feeling  of  being  at  home 
in  a  Raja  Yoga  School  again.     Many  chil- 


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dren  were  coming  and  they  were  going  quiet 
ly  to  their  places  and  putting  away  their 
books.  Luz  entered  a  large  assembly-room 
with  them.  From  another  room  came  a 
teacher,  and  following  her,  a  girl  —  it  was 
Vestra ! 

Yes,  Luz  had  met  Vestra  again,  and  never 
had  she  had  such  a  complete  surprise,  she 
thought.  Now  she  sat  at  Vestra's  side  in  the 
assembly,  during  the  solemn  morning  exer 
cises.  Music  was  played,  so  soft  and  beauti 
ful  that  it  seemed  to  come  from  another 
world.  All  the  children  sat  still  with  their 
eyes  shut  and  their  hands  folded,  and  Luz 
remembered  her  visit  to  Fairy  Silence.  Then 
there  was  marching  to  music,  and  the  child 
ren  sang  their  hymn.  A  tiny  girl  stepped 
forth  and  recited  these  beautiful  words  from 
Katherine  Tingley: 

THE;  KNOWLEDGE:  THAT  WE  ARE  DIVINE 

GIVES  US  THE  POWER  TO  OVERCOME  ALL  OB 
STACLES  AND  TO  DARE  TO  DO  RIGHT. 


LUZ  STAR-EYE'S  DREAM-JOURNEY  123 

Tears  of  joy  came  in  Luz's  eyes  as  she 
listened;  she  had  learned  and  loved  these 
words  at  her  own  Raja  Yoga  School  in 
Lomaland. 

Luz  knew  that  this  was  something  for 
Ma  Cuba  to  hope  for.  It  came  to  her  as 
a  flash  when  the  children  were  sitting  in 
silence  and  the  soft  music  was  played.  She 
thought  it  very  strange  this  had  not  occurred 
to  her  during  her  travels,  and  she  regretted 
all  the  opportunities  she  had  lost  of  giving 
hope  and  courage  to  the  Souls  with  whom 
she  had  spoken.  She  knew  that  Raja  Yoga 
would  teach  the  people  all  they  needed  to 
know  in  order  to  live  happy  lives;  would 
teach  them  to  see  and  understand;  to  use 
rightly  the  great  resources  of  their  land,  and 
rejoice  in  all  the  beauty.  It  would  teach  the 
body-selves  to  hear  and  obey  the  Soul. 

How  happy  Ma  Cuba  would  be  when  Luz 
told  her  about  this ! 

Luz  followed  the  children  to  their  different 


124          LUZ  STAR-EYE'S  DREAM-JOURNEY 

class-rooms  where  the  teachers  had  classes 
in  all  kinds  of  subjects:  geography,  history, 
arithmetic,  grammar,  physics,  music  on  sev 
eral  instruments,  art,  hand-work,  etc.  The 
pupils  learned  also  how  to  control  their  tem 
pers  and  their  desires  to  do  wrong;  they 
learned  to  love  the  right  when  they  saw  by 
example  how  easy  and  pleasant  it  was ;  they 
learned  to  love  industry  and  helpfulness; 
they  learned  to  shun  gossip,  and  to  love  the 
truth. 


XV 


When  the  children  ran  to  the  playground 
Luz  and  Vestra  talked  together  at  the  cor 
ner  of  the  veranda. 

Vestra  had  been  happy  ever  since  she  came 
to  the  school.  First  she  had  the  message 
from  Luz  by  Hada  Silfide,  who  had  also 
made  her  acquainted  with  a  beautiful  little 


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125 


fairy  living  in  the  sago  palm  by  the  patio. 
They  were  good  friends  now,  and  had  long 
talks  with  Paddy. 

Paddy  was  a  little  white  dog  with  black 
ears,  and  he  always  made  them  laugh  with 


his  funny  tales,  or  with  the  tricks  he  played 
on  them.  He  was  there  to  teach  the  children 
coming  to  school  to  be  kind  to  their  own  dogs 
at  home ;  and  he  believed  they  were  learning, 
because  they  treated  him  very  kindly. 

"  I  am  almost  sorry  to  leave  this  place 
now,"  said  Vestra. 


126          LUZ  STAR-EYE'S  DREAM-JOURNEY 

"What!  Are  you  going  away?"  asked 
Luz. 

"  Yes,  we  are  going  back  to  Lomaland 
very  soon,  perhaps  tomorrow,"  said  Vestra. 

"  Is  that  possible !  Then  I  must  go  and 
find  Ma  Cuba  at  once,"  exclaimed  Luz.  "  I 
should  have  liked  to  stay  longer  and  speak 
to  Amina  —  I  am  sure  she  could  hear  me  in 
her  body-self." 

"  Oh  do,"  begged  Vestra.  "  I  love  Amina, 
and  if  she  could  see  and  hear  you  now,  she 
would  be  able  to  see  and  hear  me  when  I 
have  my  body  back  and  live  in  my  eucalyptus- 
tree  again.  Oh,  do  try,  Luz!  She  would 
then  come  and  visit  me,  and  I  could  tell  her 
things  and  ask  her  everything  just  as  now. 
She  will  soon  be  through  with  the  children's 


music." 


Just  then  Paddy  came  running.  "  Luz," 
he  said,  "  some  one  wants  to  see  you  at  the 
gate.  Come  quick !  " 


LUZ  STAR-BYE'S  DREAM-JOURNEY          127 

Luz  went,  and  there  she  saw  a  meadow- 
lark  sitting  on  a  post. 

"  I  am  glad  you  came,"  said  the  lark.  "  I 
got  to  know  about  you  from  the  swallows 
living  in  the  Raja  Yoga  School.  A  great 
calamity  has  befallen  us.  A  tree  where  I 
with  my  wife  and  two  other  bird  families 
had  our  nests,  has  been  cut  down.  The  nests 
are  floating  on  the  water  of  the  river  where 
the  tree  fell  —  the  little  ones  will  drown  — 
come,  let  us  fly." 

Luz  and  the  bird  flew  off  faster  than  Luz 
had  ever  gone  before,  and  they  were  soon  at 
the  place  by  the  river  where  the  tree  had 
fallen.  Luz  saw  the  situation  at  once.  The 
meadow-lark's  nest  had  three  little  unfeath- 
ered  birdlings  in  it  and  the  anxious  mother- 
bird  was  hovering  over  them  while  the  nest 
floated  down  the  river. 

"  Quick!  "  cried  Luz  to  the  meadow-lark, 
"pull  the  nest  to  shore  with  your  bill." 

The  meadow-lark  did  as  she  told  him  and 


128  LUZ  STAR-EYE'S  DREAM-JOURNEY 

pulled  the  nest  ashore  quite  easily.  He  would 
never  have  thought  of  it  himself.  But  now 
came  a  harder  task;  to  get  the  nest  with 
the  birdlings  safe  in  a  new  tree.  Luz  tried 
to  carry  the  nest  but  found  that  it  was  too 
heavy.  Then  she  took  the  birdlings  one  by 
one  and  laid  them  under  the  shelter  of  a 
bush  with  the  mother-bird  to  guard  it,  while 
she  carried  the  nest  in  both  arms  and  went 
off  with  the  father-bird  to  hunt  a  safe  place 
to  put  it.  As  soon  as  the  nest  was  placed 
Luz  hurried  back  after  one  of  the  birdlings, 
then  another,  until  they  were  all  there,  safe 
and  happy.  It  was  worse  with  the  nest 
belonging  to  a  canary.  It  had  tipped  over 
and  the  eggs,  which  were  not  yet  hatched, 
dropped  to  the  bottom  of  the  river,  and  Luz 
could  do  nothing  but  express  her  sympathy. 

Twice  during  this  saving  work  had  Luz 
thought  she  heard  a  familiar  whistling,  but 
was  too  busy  to  look  around.  Now  she  saw 
a  bird  in  a  tree  not  far  away;  it  looked  like 
the  one  with  the  loose  head,  and  she  immedi- 


LUZ  STAR-EYE'S  DREAM-JOURNEY  129 

ately  started  off  to  see.  Yes,  it  was  he,  but 
as  soon  as  she  came  near  he  flew  to  another 
tree. 

"  I  am  so  glad  I  have  found  you,"  said  a 
voice.  It  was  the  Owl.  Luz  was  very  happy 
to  meet  him,  and  proposed  that  they  sit  down 
and  talk,  for  she  had  much  to  consult  him 
about,  but  the  Owl  said  she  had  better  come 
at  once  to  meet  a  friend  who  was  waiting 
for  her.  Luz  consented  gladly.  The  Owl 
told  Luz  to  stay  close  to  his  side  and  look 
out  for  enemies,  as  he  could  not  see  well  in 
daylight. 

They  had  flown  for  some  time  when  they 
came  to  a  mountain-side  with  many  beautiful 
trees,  and  there  the  Owl  stopped  and  called 
out :  "  She  is  here !  She  is  here !  " 

All  these  surprises  were  nearly  overpower 
ing.  Luz  could  not  think  how  it  all  hap- 
pened,  but  she  was  sitting  on  the  back  of 
the  Deer  again,  and  he  was  running  over 
mountain  and  plain,  over  hill  and  dale  with 


130          LUZ  STAR-EYE'S  DREAM-JOURNEY 

the  swiftness  of  the  wind;  till  he  came  as 
before  to  the  same  grotto,  where  the  little 
fawn  greeted  them  with  high  jumps. 

The  Deer  tapped  as  before  on  the  rock- 
wall,  and  the  same  little  brown  man  with 
the  lantern  appeared,  and  Luz  followed  him. 


XVI 

Luz  was  sitting  with  Ma  Cuba  in  a  jeweled 
chamber  and  had  told  her  all  that  she  had 
seen  of  the  life  of  the  people  and  their  hopes. 
Ma  Cuba  had  said  little,  but  her  eyes  shone 
with  their  beautiful  star-beams. 

Ma  Cuba  told  Luz  many  things  from  their 
life  in  the  past,  and  about  all  the  wonderful 
things  there  were  in  the  islands,  which  no 
one  knew  about;  all  the  strange  birds  and 
animals  that  lived  in  the  mountains  and 
caves ;  about  a  large  serpent  with  shimmer 
ing  peacock  colors,  that  lived  on  top  of  a 


LUZ  STAR-EYE'S  DREAM-JOURNEY          131 

hill,  guarding  treasures  belonging  to  Ma  Cu 
ba  until  she  came  back  to  get  them. 

In  this  way  Luz  spent  seven  days,  though 
it  seemed  to  her  that  only  one  afternoon  had 
passed.  Then  Ma  Cuba  said: 

"  I  see  that  the  stars  point  to  the  time  of 
your  going.  Child,  you  have  many,  many 
yet  to  help,  many  things  to  learn.  Do  not 
forget  me  when  you  come  back  to  your 
human  life.  I  shall  this  time  show  you  to 
the  entrance  myself." 

She  went  before  and  Luz  followed  through 
many  beautiful  halls.  Some  were  glittering 
with  diamonds,  some  with  rubies,  others 
with  topaz  or  gold.  The  last  hall  was  a 
small  grotto  studded  with  crystals. 

"  Farewell,  child!  "  said  Ma  Cuba,  laying 
her  hand  on  Luz's  heart.  Then  she  opened 
a  door  and  Luz  stood  in  the  open  sky  alone, 
and  it  was  night. 

The  stars  were  reflected  in  the  still  water 
of  a  little  lake,  and  tall  reeds  grew  on  the 


132 


LUZ  STAR-EYE'S  DREAM-JOURNEY 


low  bank.  All  was  as  still  as  if  it  had  been 
in  the  hall  of  Fairy  Silence.  Luz  looked 
around  to  see  if  not  even  now  she  could 
find  some  one  of  her  friends,  but  as  she  saw 
or  heard  no  one  she  floated  off  to  where  she 
saw  a  light  glimmering. 


Was  she  asleep  and  dreaming,  or  did  her 
fairy  eyes  deceive  her  ?  Before  her  stood  a 
great,  noble  gateway  —  and  —  was  it  not 
the  same  through  which  she  so  many  times 
had  entered  the  Raja  Yoga  grounds  in  Loma- 
land  ?  But  on  this  one  she  read : 


LUZ  STAR-EYE'S  DREAM-JOURNEY        133 
TRIBUTE  OF  KATHARINE;  TINGLEY 

ON  BEHALF  OF 

THE:  UNIVERSAL  BROTHERHOOD  AND 
THEOSOPHICAI,  SOCIETY 

Luz  sat  under  a  rose-bush  and  thought. 
She  did  not  know  what  would  happen  next ; 
where  she  would  go;  or  how;  but  she  had 
learned  to  trust.  Her  head  leaned  against 
a  rose  and  she  slept. 

Then  a  big  white  bird  which  had  been  sit 
ting  on  the  gate  flew  silently  down.  He 
took  the  little  purse  with  the  Cave-Man's 
stone  from  Luz's  neck  and  hid  it  under  his 
wing;  then  he  lifted  the  little  fairy  in  his 
strong  claws  and  flew  away. 

XVII 

Under  her  eucalyptus-tree  in  Lomaland 
Vestra  sat  waiting.  She  had  just  arrived 
with  Amina.  All  the  girls  of  the  Raja  Yoga 
Academy  had  been  on  the  veranda  to  meet 


134          LUZ  STAR-EYE'S  DREAM-JOURNEY 

them  and  had  sung  their  most  beautiful 
songs;  the  music  greeted  them  as  soon  as 
they  entered  the  gate  and  passed  up  the 
palm-avenue.  Vestra  kept  close  to  Amina's 
side  when  they  entered  through  curiously 
carved  doors  into  a  tig  circular  hall  under 
a  glass  dome.  To  Vestra  it  was  as  if  she 
had  entered  the  hall  of  Olympus  where  the 
great  gods  meet;  her  little  fairy  being  was 
over-awed.  It  was  not  yet  the  place  for  her, 
but  she  felt  she  had  obtained  a  glimpse  of 
why  it  was  that  the  fairies  aspired  to  human 
life.  She  sat  trembling  with  her  hand  in 
Amina's.  The  boys  of  the  College  had  greet 
ed  them  with  music  played  by  their  military 
band.  Had  not  the  girl-body  held  her  down, 
Vestra  felt  that  the  powerful  music  would 
have  borne  her  up,  away  up,  till  she  would 
have  been  lost  in  the  sky. 

She  was  glad  when  at  Amina's  side  she 
was  outside  the  hall.  Luz's  little  comrades 
wondered  at  Vestra's  indifference  in  greet 
ing  them,  but  Vestra  did  not  notice ;  her  one 


LUZ  STAR-EYE'S  DREAM-JOURNEY  135 

thought  was  to  go  to  her  +ree  as  soon  as 
possible. 


Luz  had  been  borne  by  Foam-Wing  to  the 
shore  where  the  fairy-ship,  Lucifer,  lay  an 
chored.  He  had  put  her,  still  sleeping,  down 
on  the  deck.  The  ship  had  then  sailed,  while 
Foam-Wing  flew  close  to  it.  When  Luz 
awoke  she  found  herself  on  the  ship,  but  she 
had  forgotten  her  "  human  "  experiences  and 
was  not  much  surprised.  She  looked  with 
delight  on  the  beautiful  sails  shimmering  and 
changing  in  rainbow  tints,  and  on  the  star 
light  torch  in  the  bow.  At  the  shore  of  the 
Cave-Man,  Foam-Wing  again  caught  her 
and  immediately  bore  her  up  over  the  hills 
to  a  place  near  the  "  magic  tree/7  and  there 
he  put  her  down  and  hung  the  Cave-Man's 
purse  with  the  pebble  again  around  her  neck. 

She  woke  to  memory  in  the  dear  garden 
spot  where  she  had  played  so  many  times, 
and  the  first  thing  her  eyes  met  was  her 


136          LUZ  STAR-EYE'S  DREAM-JOURNEY 

"  magic  tree  "  —  and  under  it  sat  Vestra, 
waiting. 

Luz  arose  to  go  to  her,  but  hesitated. 
Vestra  had  not  yet  seen  her.  Luz  was  still 
stunned  from  all  the  surprises;  she  did  not 
even  find  it  strange  to  be  here,  she  only 
thought  of  what  was  coming  —  she  was  go 
ing  to  live  again  in  her  own  body. 

"  I  do  not  want  to,"  she  said.  "  No !  I 
do  not  want  to.  Such  a  dull,  clumsy  life !  " 

The  unwillingness  to  change  back  grew 
stronger  as  she  stood  there  hesitating  and 
bewildered,  and  she  drew  away  with  the  im 
pulse  to  hide  from  Vestra  —  a  little  longer. 
She  felt  unhappy  and  alone,  then  remem 
bered  the  Cave-Man's  stone  and  took  it  in 
her  hand.  It  had  its  usual  effect;  her 
thoughts  began  to  clear.  She  thought  of  the 
old  elf's  story  of  the  "  blind  humans  " ;  she 
remembered  all  the  times  she  had  wished  to 
have  her  human  body  to  be  able  to  help 
others ;  she  remembered  that  she  then  would 


LUZ  STAR-EYE'S  DREAM-JOURNEY  137 

have  a  chance  to  make  herself  one  of  those 
—  whose  body-self  obeys  the  Soul.  Next 
moment  she  stood  under  the  tree,  brought 
forth  the  magic  flower  and  gave  it  to  Vestra. 


It  was  done.  Luz  awoke  on  hearing  some 
one  call  her  by  name,  and  the  next  moment 
she  threw  herself  joyously  into  the  arms  of 
Rosalinda. 

"  I  have  so  much  to  tell  you/7  she  cried, 
"  so  very  much,  and  I  am  really,  truly,  going 
to  be  a  Raja  Yoga  Teacher! " 


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